Born on the South Pacific island of Tonga. Mother was a homemaker, father was an art teacher. Her father is now a psychologist in a maximum security prison in Florida.Spent her childhood on a 200 acre farm in southwest Missouri and moved to Springfield, Missouri the beginning of high school. Was a state and national champion in Forensics in high school, as well as a cheerleader and competitive swimmer.Spent a summer in Sitka, Alaska gutting salmon in a processing plant. Speaks Portuguese. Ow ...[Read Story]