Rana moved from New Jersey to Orchard Park, New York in 1976. She attended Nativity of Our Lord in the Village of Orchard Park, and then Mount Mercy Academy from where she graduated in 1983. Rana received a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Consumer and Family Studies from Buffalo State College in 1987.

In 1988, Rana became the Owner/Director of a NYS Group Family Daycare, where she helped working Mothers for over 17 years, all the whil...