[1][2] Before being married to Crongy P. Breedlove at the age of sixteen, Mildred attended school in Braggs and completed the tenth grade.

[1][4] In 1964, in honor of Nevada's centennial, Governor Grant Sawyer commissioned her to compose a poem about the state.

After the poem was bound and published, an original watercolor illustration by artist Lucile Bruner was included in a limited edition.

[3] Amado Yuzon, the international organization's founder and president, gave the said award in Las Vegas.

[1][4] Despite receiving numerous honors and accolades for her poetry, Mildred left her position as Nevada Poet Laureate in 1966.