- Miss America 1988
- Is a registered nurse. She has been a bold advocate for nursing and hospice programs.
- Founder and president Gabby's Ladder, a bereavement organization for children, after losing her fourth child, Gabriel, shortly after his birth in 2002.
- Her husband is a computer programmer, whom she met at a strawberry-picking patch.
- Children: Nicholas, Alana, and Joseph.
- Resides in Monroe, Michigan, where she works as an Oncology nurse, and still accepts speaking engagements around the world as Miss America 1988. (2007)
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