Wendy worked as a direct caregiver, became an STNA, LPN, and then an RN. Her work experiences include home health, dialysis, med-surge, PCU/ICU, and travel nursing. She attended C.O.T.C., Devry, Galen School of Nursing, and Hogue School of Real Estate. Some of her activities in the community include working on the awarded green development, Granada Park in Sarasota, FL, creating a non tobacco use game and teaching it to 5th graders, and coordinating a remodel of the Zanesville battered women's shelter funded by The Longaberger Company. She enjoys two children, two dogs, being married more than 30 years, and camping in the family RV.