She has been credited with putting TV aerobics on the map, and has been called the "Aerobics Queen of the 1980s", having become a fitness advocate after returning from England 30 pounds overweight.
In August 2010, she gave an interview to the Terminator Fans website in which she confirms that she has attended the occasional Comic-Con convention (Burbank and Chicago). She keeps both a Twitter feed and a Facebook page.
Attended and graduated from William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.