Born and educated in Leicestershire, and with a working life mostly spent in education, she was elected as a Harborough District Councillor in a Market Harborough town ward in 2007. Working in the community has been a constant passion in her life. She presently chairs the Market Harborough and Bosworth Practice’s Patient Participation Group, is a Trustee of both the town’s Howard Watson Symington Charity and VASL (Voluntary Action South Leicestershire), and President of the Royal British Legion’s Market Harborough Branch. Her interests include gardening, walking and running, music of all kinds - and spending time with family and friends.