[1][2][3] She was raised in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey and attended Monmouth Regional High School where she was an All-American swimmer.

[3] While enrolled, she won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. National Team at the 2000 World Life Saving Championships.

[3] After graduating from UCSB, Hogan attended the San Diego Regional Lifeguard Academy where she was introduced to canoe sprinting by another member of the class.

[6][7] Six months later, she participated at the 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships as member of the U.S. National Team.

[7] Hogan qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for canoe sprinting and was the first from the U.S. national team to do so.