 She was initially reluctant when her wrestling coach recommended that she switch from artistic gymnastics to wrestling, but eventually made the switch two years later.After graduating from Vanier College in 1999, she studied athletic therapy at Concordia University, where she came in third in her first year at the University Canadian Championships and fifth in her second year while being named Concordia’s Female Athlete of the Year every year from 2002 to 2004.From 2005-2007, she won three consecutive silver medals in the 67-kilogram weight class at the World Wrestling Championships.