I am a fifth generation of Umatilla County. My family started Seven Hills and Windrow Vineyard; part of the first commercial vineyard to be planted in the Walla Walla Valley and I was lucky enough to spend my childhood growing up in that environment.

After graduating from Walla Walla High School, I received my degree in business from Great Basin College in Nevada. I attended the Oregon Institute Of Cosmetology in Medford, Oregon where I received ...