She currently serves as a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing District 13, which encompasses Meriden, Middlefield and parts of Cheshire and Middletown.
[8] Her father was a highway maintenance engineer for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, while his wife was a homemaker.
She graduated from North Attleborough High School and then completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical engineering at the University of New Haven.
[10] She started her career after graduation at Omega Engineering in Stamford, Connecticut and Pfizer in Wallingford and New York City.
After her career in engineering she opted to teach physics and science at technical high schools in Connecticut.