Born in Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountains have always brought a feeling of home to Cassandra, where she then spent over 20 years in the beautiful Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana. She is a graduate from Flathead High School and graduate from the University of Montana with a degree in International Business. She now works for a creative agency based out of Bozeman, Chisel Industries, as a Social Media Marketing Consultant.

Other volunteer organizations she is working with are, TEDxWhitefish (Founder & Curator), HATCH, Peace Love, and Flathead Area Young Professionals. She enjoys spending her free time acting for the Whitefish Theatre Company, painting, hiking, paddleboarding, snowboarding, fishing, back-packing, sky- diving, and traveling.