She has a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations from UCLA
Sirens Media started out as a two-woman operation run out of a living room
Her first job in the industry was Director of Development for Mandalay Media Arts, where she developed and produced a wide variety of films and TV shows, including IMAX movies
Quote: "[On "Survival School"] "It's an all access pass to one of the most intense survival training programs in the military․""
Quote: "[On "Survival School"] "The biggest moments are the ones where people got into problems, either disciplinary or life-threatening ones․""
Quote: "[On choosing a state to showcase after her success with "The Real Housewives of New Jersey"] "There are a lot of states-West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama-that are fully developed cultures people don't know about and haven't experienced․""
In 2005 she founded Sirens Media, a full-service production company for TV and film specializing in reality shows and documentaries, with business partner Valerie Haselton Drescher
She bought a home in Washington, D․C․'s Cleveland Park neighborhood in 2012