She received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1978 and worked as an anchor for KSEE in California and later for WTKR in Virginia. After moving to MN, she was a KARE 11 News anchor from 1983 to 2016, earning a Master’s Degree from Augsburg College in 2015. Her career highlights range from covering the 1984 Republican National Convention to the 40th Anniversary of the end of WWII in Japan.