Born and raised in Avon, Ohio and single mother to two daughters and grandmother of 3. Terri served in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Terri graduated from Avon High School Avon, Ohio in 1993; attended Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio and played on the 2009 NJCAA Regional Runner-Up Volleyball team. Terri has always been eloquent in writing. In junior high school, she had a poem published in a nationwide student writer. In high school she excelled in assignments that required research papers.In college, her words flowed easily . Terri now spends her time with her grandchildren as much as possible. She also spends time with her "adopted" grandchildren.