I was born and raised in Auburn Iowa on an acreage. Auburn, the small town of 100 people, was nearby our 40 acer timber. I have eight brothers and two sisters. My mother had six boys then I came along as the first girl in the family as number seven. My mother then had two more boys and two more girls. Noah, Israel, James, Elijah, Ezra, Abraham, Elsie (me,) Thaddaeus, Levi, Maggie, And Rebekah. My teenage years were spent in Carroll Iowa and I attended Carroll High School. During this time I loved to rodeo and ride my horses. I was a rodeo queen for three years. The summer of 2021 before my senior year of high school I solo traveled to Spain to visit my friend Adri who I met in high school because she was a foreign exchange student. I was there for a month and traveled all around Spain to major cities such as Valencia, Bilbao, Comillas, Pamplona and Madrid.

I was a wrestler in high school my senior year and wrestled at state. It was my first year wrestling and at state I was one place away from the winners podium. Upon graduation in May 2022 I decided I would attend Morningside University where my big brother Abraham also attends and three other close family members attended. After my first year of collage I solo traveled to Spain a second time to the island of Mallorca to work as an Au Pair for June and July. I am also apart of the choir here at Morningside and am excited to travel to Cape Town South Africa for an international tour in the spring of 2024. This year I am a second year student at Morningside and I am loving learning about my business administration major as well as my involvement with peer mentoring and Americorp program. I am simply ecstatic about this fresh year for new adventures.