Born and raised in York County, Elizabeth graduated cum laude from Lehigh University with a B.A. in Political Science and Earth and Environmental Science. She earned her J.D. from Temple University School of Law and began practicing as an attorney in the complex litigation department of an insurance defense firm in Philadelphia. After a move to rural Alabama where she engaged in a general law practice, Elizabeth returned to Pennsylvania and practiced criminal litigation, civil litigation, and estate planning and administration. Elizabeth and her family have finally found a home in Greencastle, where she and her husband look forward to raising their two children. Elizabeth and her family are members of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church.