I was raised in the small southern Utah town of Elsinore, Utah. I graduated from the College of Southern Utah in Cedar City and later received a Master's of Library and Information Services at Brigham Young University. I worked at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint headquarters in Salt Lake City and served missions in Hawaii and Australia. I also worked at the Logan Public Library and now I am retired.. My husband, David Record, and I together have nine children.