Lived with her parents in Colorado, until her parents divorced. Her dad moved to Laguna Beach, California with her brother, and she moved to Illinois with her mother. She also has a step-father and step-brother there. She acted out while there to get attention, and after her mother couldn't handle it anymore she moved to Laguna to be with her dad and brother. Her freshman year she attended a Catholic school with the uniforms to boot. But that year she took Driver's Ed at Laguna high.. where she met Alex M. and soon the rest of the Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County crew. She convinced her Dad to let her switch to the public school starting her sophomore year.
She is a freshman at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. [2006] Attended her high school freshman year at a Catholic school before switching to a public school. Has two siblings, one a biological brother and one a step-brother. Moved to Laguna Beach the summer after junior high to live with her dad and brother. Before that, she lived in Colorado and then moved to Chicago and lived with her mom, step-father, and step-brother. One of the very few characters not originally from the area. Aspires to be either a talk show hostess or a news anchorwoman. Ranked #8 on Reality TV Magazine's List of The Greatest Female Reality Stars of 2005. Has an older brother, Mike. Was slated to be co-hosting a show on UPN called Get This Party Started (2006), but the latter was canceled after only two episodes. She was on the cover of Seventeen, had sexy photos in Rolling Stone and has appeared on numerous television talk shows. She attended VH1's Big in '05 Awards, as a nominee for the "it girl" of 2005, which eventually went to Lindsay Lohan.