[1] Frost graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in elementary education and a concentration in English, with Philip Booth and W. D. Snodgrass among her teachers.
She has traveled to many countries, including Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Scotland, England, Ireland, China, Japan, Denmark, Germany, and Myanmar, where she was part of a 2016 delegation from Fort Wayne to establish a Friendship City with Mawlamyine.
Frost also enjoys hiking, swimming, beadwork, and gardening (especially to welcome birds and monarch butterflies).
Before that she moved frequently, living in Scotland, Vermont, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, and California.
Frost is married to Chad Thompson, a linguist and musician living in Fort Wayne, Indiana.