Nancy hails from the Midwest but has spent most of her adult life In the Intermountain West. She worked as a medical technologist in Ogden, Utah and she also trained to be a deacon in the Diocese of Utah in the late 1980's and early 90’s, being ordained in 1992. She served over 25 years as a deacon at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Ogden, Utah and then moved to Victor, Idaho in 2019 where she attends St. Francis and helps lead worship and well as doing pastoral care.