[1] She attended Arkansas High School and Ouachita Baptist University for undergraduate degree before earning a Master's from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M).
She went on to earn a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.
[3][4] She is also member of the board for Arkansas Women for Education, Women for Texas A&M, Texarkana Regional Center on Aging and Texarkana Friends of UAMS.
[1] She has sponsored bills that add domestic violence as grounds for divorce, funding domestic violence shelters, and congratulating the girl's high school bowling team from Texarkana on their state championship victory.
[5] She was awarded the Texarkana Arkansas School District distinguished alumni award in 2019 for her work in the community, including support of the stadium renovation to and construction of a new school.