Born in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. Since 2018, she has worked as the Rome correspondent for Crux, an online newspaper specializing in the Catholic religion, where she covers news related to the Vatican and the global Church. She has worked as a content and multimedia management assistant at the Catholic News Agency in Denver and as a Rome correspondent for Vatican coverage. She was part of the Marian Fraternity of Reconciliation, a lay female community subject to the suppressed Sodalitium of Christian Life, which she left five years after joining in order to pursue a career in journalism. Her investigative work took her to Peru, where she met Bishop Robert Prevost. She holds a degree in Philosophy and Communications from the University of Northern Colorado.