She graduated from Bethany College. She joined CBS News as one of the youngest ever news anchors; in 1990 she moved to NBC and Today and News at Sunrise, then A Closer Look, Dateline and Today's Health.
She is an active supporter of adoption, a member of the National Council on Adoption, and president of the Board of Trustees of the Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of America.