Wendy Bouchoux was born on February 25, 1961, in Plainfield, NJ, and grew up in Colonia, NJ. She was graduated from Colonia High School in 1979 and attended Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ, part-time from 1979 to 1990. In the spring of 1988 Ms. Bouchoux co-founded the Unlimited Potential Theater Company, part of VSA Arts of New Jersey, an organization which provides opportunities for persons with and without disabiities to take part in activities in the visual and performing arts.