[4] McFarland is a 2008 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where she majored in Political Science and was captain of the varsity women’s rowing team.

She served for eight years in the navy on active duty as a Surface Warfare officer, completing tours of duty onboard the Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), as an inaugural crewmember on the Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) and in the Navy Office of Information in the Pentagon.

While on active duty, she earned an MBA from the University of Chapel Hill’s Kenan Flagler Business School in 2013.

[7] However, in July 2019, Good announced that she would be running to unseat Vern Buchanan in the race for Florida's 16th congressional district.

[8] During the Republican primary, McFarland faced local hospital board member Donna Barcomb and attorney Jason Miller.