Simonaire is the third of seven brothers and sisters, and spent most of her childhood in the Middle East where her father worked as an engineer for Northrop Grumman.

[1] After she moved to the U.S., she attended Bob Jones University in South Carolina to study cosmetology.

After a competitive primary, Simonaire beat out several other candidates to win a seat alongside then House Minority Leader Nic Kipke, replacing incumbent Don Dwyer who was defeated after a string of legal issues.

[2] Simonaire publicly came out as bisexual in April 2018 while supporting a bill banning conversion therapy for LGBT teens.

[6][7] Simonaire chose not to run for reelection in 2018 and retired from elected office due to her changing views.