Education
Pennsylvania State University.
politician member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Pennsylvania State University.
Born in Medford, Massachusetts, O'Brien received her bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and her masters from Westfield State University, She was a flight instructor. She served on the local board of education and as town clerk. She then served in the Connecticut House of Representatives, from Suffield, Connecticut, as a Democrat from 2010 until her death in 2014.
She died in West Hartford, Connecticut from glioblastoma at the age of 58.