She graduated from La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland in 2006 and from the University of Maryland College Park with a B.A. in Government and Politics with a minor concentration in Philosophy in 2010.
Miss Maryland USA 2011.
Miss District of Columbia 2012.
Her father is Dave Rose.
Lost her mother, grandmother, and great aunt to breast cancer. She will be having surgery for a double mastectomy after The 2013 Miss America Pageant (2013).