She was awarded the 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Sweet Charity" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, Illinois.
She was awarded the 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "The Light in the Piazza" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
She was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Principal Actress in a Musical for "Mary Poppins" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
She graduated from Brigham Young University's Music Dance Theater program with a BFA in 2005. She is the youngest of seven girls in her family.