[1] Gorman was born in Maine and raised in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont.
[2] She moved to Delaware in 1997 with her husband Matt and worked as a freelance writer and travel blogger on her website "The Mother of All Trips" while raising her children.
[1][3] She became involved in local politics in 2015 as a result of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and other mass shootings, spending several years as a leader of the Delaware chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America until leaving the role in 2023.
[4] In June 2024, she announced she was running to succeed retiring state representative Paul Baumbach.
[1] Her campaign issues included gun safety legislation and access to reproductive health care.