Education
Lakeland Community College. Ohio University.
Lakeland Community College. Ohio University.
Fende served as a councilwoman and mayor in Willowick, Ohio. She was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Fende has served as the chair of the Ohio House Democratic Women's Caucus.
In 2011 she introduced a bill which would ban late-term abortions in the state.