[1][2] In 2011, Hanks earned a degree in psychology from Brigham Young University–Idaho.

[1] Hanks was a bus driver for the Fremont County School District.

On November 8, 2016, Hanks won the election unopposed and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 35, seat B.

[3][4] Hanks the Republican nominee for her old seat in the Idaho House of Representatives in the 2020 election.

In October 2020, Hanks appeared in a video produced by the Idaho Freedom Foundation.