Mari is a Twin Cities native. She grew up in Richfield, and spent most of her twenties in Uptown and Northeast Minneapolis. After getting married to her husband Pete in 2015, they bought a house in Hamline-Midway in Saint Paul. Once they had their daughters, Fern and Birdie, they needed a little more room and now live in Shoreview, MN.

Being from the Twin Cities, she has an in depth knowledge of the cities and the neighborhoods within them. Throu...