Wiklund's legislative priorities include education, health care, and job creation.

Wiklund was raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, and graduated from Kennedy High School.

Before her election to the Senate, Wiklund served on the Bloomington School Board for three years.

Wiklund was also the ranking minority member on the Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee.

[5] Wiklund coauthored: SF 472, The Alec Smith Emergency Insulin Act (Introduced and first reading on January 24, 2019).