She is best known for appearing as Playboy Magazine’s Playmate of the Month in January 2006. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. At 19, she appeared in Playboy TV’s Sexy Girls Next Door contest as Athena Dawnelle and won the opportunity to become a Playmate. Born on April 12, 1986 in Mountain View, California, to parents Donald and Melodie Lundberg, her family moved from Sunnyvale, California to Lathrop, California when she was three years old. She attended Lathrop Elementary School and Sierra High School, and was home-schooled during her final high school years and received a diploma from Manteen Adult School.