I grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and after graduating from the University of North Dakota, I found my way to St. Louis Park and quickly fell in love with the Twin Cities.

Before becoming an agent, I worked in a soil conservation lab, spent time as a barista at the Colorado hotel that inspired The Shining, and most impactfully, spent three years with a fast-growing property management company in Grand Forks. That experience sparked my interest in...