During the 1970s, she formed The Flying Garter Girls, a group that traveled around the country as groupies for famous rock bands.
Trumbull moved to Los Angeles when she was 18 with a touring keyboardist for the band Steppenwolf, and returned to Portland a few months later.
The other girls in the group were Marvelous Meg, Sexy Sandy, The Real Camille, Miss Julia, and Caroline Can-Can.
She obtained her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Cal State Northridge, where she was a competitive fencer, and an MBA in Marketing from Alliant International University in 1988.
When he began work on his film about their experiences during that time, Almost Famous, Crowe asked for her permission to use her name and likeness.