Merrijane grew up in Bountiful, Utah. She received a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University and later served in the Washington, D.C. North mission. She currently works as the Editorial Team Lead for DMBA’s Communications Department. Her poetry has been published in Ensign, New Era, Segullah, Mormon Artist blog, and various publications of the Utah State Poetry Society. She and her husband Jason are raising four sons in Kaysville, Utah.