Wendy grew up in Utah enjoying nature and the outdoors. She studied landscape architecture and environmental planning at Utah State University in Logan. While in college she worked for Landmark Design, Inc. in Salt Lake City and continued there upon graduation. At Landmark she learned to love and value native plants. She was on the design team for many water conserving landscapes, like the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy Districts Demonstration Garden Neighborhood Gardens and Memory Grove Reconstruction (after major parts of the park were damaged by a tornado). As a designer, some of her favorite projects from that time were the Liberty Park All Abilities Rotary Play Park and the first Poligon “Reflecting Place” Design Competition. After Landmark Wendy has worked for MHTN, Inc. and Bratt, Inc., working on numerous church, residential, and event center projects.