At age 15, she won a Seventeen magazine cover model contest, which launched a career in modeling. After graduating from high school, she packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
She enrolled at Kansas State University to earn a degree in apparel and textile marketing. She then returned to Los Angeles to earn a degree in jewelry design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Though credited as Receptionist in the movie Escape Plan, where she shares a short scene with Sylvester Stallone, her character's name is Jules.