Penny grew up in Oregon and first came to Vermont to attend Marlboro College where she studied Biology. After meeting her husband Alex, at Marlboro, they moved to Los Angeles and then to New York. Penny worked for over a decade in LA and NYC as a photo editor and archivist for high-end celebrity photo syndication companies before deciding to return to Southern Vermont in 2010. Penny enjoys cooking, gardening, mountain biking, and snowshoeing.