She attended Snow College before transferring and graduating from Brigham Young University (BYU), where she was active in student government and dramatic productions.

Following graduation, she taught high school English in Salt Lake City and Boston.

[2][9][10] In 1999, while serving as Young Women general president, Nadauld was a delegate and speaker at the World Congress of Families II, in Geneva, Switzerland.

[21] Following her service as Young Women general president, Nadauld and her husband were called as leaders of the church's Switzerland Geneva Mission.

[23] Nadauld was first lady of Weber State College from 1985[24] to 1990 during the school's transition to university status.