Stephanie was born and raised outside of Boston, MA. At the age of fifteen, her Dad's job promotion moved Stephanie to Orange County in southern California. Her college journey started at the junior college in Santa Barbara. She then finished her bachelor's degree at San Diego State University. A few years later she attended Long Beach State University and earned her Master's in Social Work. It was at her first internship where she met her husband Duane of eighteen years. Together they have a fourteen year old son Brian, who is an aspiring commercial airline pilot. Stephanie works in private practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in grief, loss and health challenges. Stephanie and family have two rescue pups and lives in Temecula, CA.