Gina R. Sanford was born in Helena, Montana in 1978 and was an only child raised by a single mother in Drummond, Montana.  At the age of 19 she married Rusty Sanford and three days later became a military spouse when he entered basic training. 

Rusty and Gina divorced in 2005 and were remarried in 2006.  They face the everyday challenges of raising an Autistic child, managing military life, and living as a family of five in these uncertain times.