Nancy earned an accounting degree from Ball State University and worked in both the public sector and in the local public school system. She worked for the Muncie Community Schools in both the middle school and the administrative offices. Her true passion, however, is working in children's ministry which she has done for more than 30 years. Previously, she wrote children's activity books, poetry for church bulletins, and Sunday school curriculum for her church affiliate. She lives in Indiana with her husband, Roger, who is the music minister at their church. Nancy and Roger have two adult married children, and four grandchildren.