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Biography

  • Born Appleton, Wisconsin, August 10, 1976; divorced; 4 children.
  • Graduate Machebeuf Catholic High School (Denver, Colorado); B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, Mount Mary University, 2000; B.S. in nursing, University of Wisconsin– Oshkosh, 2004; M.S. in Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2008.
  • Nurse practitioner and owner of Nurse Practitioner Health Services LLC. Former senior lecturer in the College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
  • Member: Winnebago County Republican Party; Outagamie County Republican Party; ACES Xavier School System (parent volunteer); American Nurses Credentialing Center; Boy Scouts of America (parent volunteer); Fox Valley Health Professionals; Wisconsin Nurses Association (APRN Coalition); AANP (American Association of Nurse Practitioners); Boy Scouts of America Bay-Lakes Council (executive board); American Legion Auxiliary.
  • Former member: Sigma Theta Tau, Neenah Alliance School (parent volunteer), Wisconsin Express—Wisconsin AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) program; Fox Cities Morning Rotary Club.
  • Elected to Assembly 2020. Elected to Senate 2022.

Member of State Council on Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and Women's Council

2023 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 86
    Relating to: permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 121
    Relating to: coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 125
    Relating to: model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: declaring March 5, 2023, to March 11, 2023, as Women in Construction Week and celebrating the countless contributions of women in construction.

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 87
    Relating to: restitution upon conviction of vehicular homicide. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 88
    Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities.

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 95
    Relating to: permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 77
    Relating to: pupil applications to attend a private school participating in a parental choice program.

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 82
    Relating to: including with a referendum question for issuing bonds a statement of the estimated interest accruing on the amount of the bonds.

  • 2/27/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 69
    Relating to: reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers. (FE)

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 74
    Relating to: pupil applications to attend a private school participating in a parental choice program.

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 80
    Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption.

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 83
    Relating to: including with a referendum question for issuing bonds a statement of the estimated interest accruing on the amount of the bonds.

  • 2/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 65
    Relating to: mistreating an animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 68
    Relating to: a resident lifetime fishing license, a lifetime fishing trust fund, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 51
    Relating to: annulment for marriage if less than one year and no pregnancy.

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 50
    Relating to: expenditure of $201,197.70 from the general fund for payment of a claim against the state made by Pheifer Brothers Construction Co., Inc. (FE)

  • 2/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 38
    Relating to: absentee ballot request and return confirmation. (FE)

  • 2/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 37
    Relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and discrimination based on expunged conviction. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 39
    Relating to: absentee ballot request and return confirmation. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 38
    Relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and discrimination based on expunged conviction. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 41
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 33
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 26
    Relating to: removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE)

2023 Co-authored Proposals

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2023 as Women's History Month.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 115
    Relating to: requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 113
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker's compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer fire fighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 117
    Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state's public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 124
    Relating to: issuance of temporary motor vehicle operation plates and permits to dealers and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 98
    Relating to: verifying citizenship of individuals on the official voter registration list and contents of operator's licenses and identification cards. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 100
    Relating to: application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 96
    Relating to: participation in a riot and providing a penalty.

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 73
    Relating to: prostitution crime surcharge and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 59
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 58
    Relating to: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 48
    Relating to: public access to actions by Parole Commission.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 1
    Relating to: establishing a flat individual income tax rate. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 9
    Relating to: rehired teacher annuitants. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 14
    Relating to: fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to parents or guardians of 4th grade pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: the appropriation authority of the legislature and the allocation of moneys Wisconsin receives from the federal government (second consideration).

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and prevention month.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 11
    Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 27
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 2
    Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)

2023 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 103
    Relating to: application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 107
    Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption.

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 109
    Relating to: requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation. (FE)

  • 3/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 16
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2023 as Women's History Month.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 93
    Relating to: verifying citizenship of individuals on the official voter registration list and contents of operator's licenses and identification cards. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 87
    Relating to: restitution upon conviction of vehicular homicide. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 90
    Relating to: third-party processing of applications for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants and granting rulemaking authority. (FE)

  • 3/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: declaring March 5, 2023, to March 11, 2023, as Women in Construction Week and celebrating the countless contributions of women in construction.

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 75
    Relating to: mistreating an animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 79
    Relating to: prostitution crime surcharge and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 72
    Relating to: a resident lifetime fishing license, a lifetime fishing trust fund, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 2/27/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 70
    Relating to: participation in a riot and providing a penalty.

  • 2/23/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 65
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE)

  • 2/23/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 64
    Relating to: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program. (FE)

  • 2/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 47
    Relating to: public access to actions by Parole Commission.

  • 2/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 40
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 29
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 18
    Relating to: rehired teacher annuitants. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 11
    Relating to: fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to parents or guardians of 4th grade pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 17
    Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 19
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 21
    Relating to: removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE)

  • 2/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and prevention month.

  • 2/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
    Relating to: the appropriation authority of the legislature and the allocation of moneys Wisconsin receives from the federal government (second consideration).

  • 2/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 2
    Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)

  • 1/19/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: establishing a flat individual income tax rate. (FE)

2023 Votes