Background
She grew up in Nebraska City, Nebraska, graduating from Nebraska City High School in 1995.
She grew up in Nebraska City, Nebraska, graduating from Nebraska City High School in 1995.
The following year she represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she competed in four events in classification T53, medaling in each. She participated in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in the same four events, this time in T54, winning two gold and one silver medal.
After a 12-year break from competition, she recently attended the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, medaling in two events in T54.