[4][5] She faced the death of her sister to a fatal drug overdose, at 21 years old, while growing up in Columbus, Ohio.
[4][5] Where she would obtain her degree in music business, and where she found her calling to minister to other young people.
[4][5] After college, she would relocate to Chicago, Illinois to further her ministry at Willow Creek Church.
[4][5] Her music recording career commenced in 2004, with the independently release album, Author of My Life.
[10] She is married to her husband, Paul Rivera,[11] and together they had ministered at The Compass Church, located in Naperville, Illinois, just right outside Chicago, where the couple resides.