Born in Detroit and spent childhood years in Detroit, Houghton Lake and Royal Oak. Attended the Shrine of the Little Flower Schools from fifth grade through graduation. Became a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati on September 8, 1957.

• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Elementary Education, College of Mount St. Joseph, Ohio
• Master of Arts in Religious Education, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids
• Summer sessions at Notre Dame, Boston College, Mundelein Seminary, St. Mary-of-the Woods, Indiana, St. John University, Cleveland
• Year of Renewal, School of Applied Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, 1995
• Primary and Elementary Teacher in Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico
• Director of Religious Education, Eastpointe
• Pastoral Leadership Training and Evangelization in the Deep South
• Refugee Resettlement with Catholic Charities, Nashville, Tennessee
• Director of charitable agency for the medically underserved, Pueblo, Colorado
• Trustee, Board member of Catholic Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado
• Pastoral Associate in Christian Service, September 2004-present