PERSONAL

• MINNESOTA NATIVE…SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENT SINCE EARLY 1970'S


• YOUNGEST OF 3 CHILDREN (2 OLDER SIBLINGS..BROTHER & SISTER)


• FATHER WAS IN EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA & SOUTH DAKOTA (PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER & ADMINISTRATOR PLUS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR)


• 2ND GENERATION REALTOR…FOLLOWED INTO MOTHER’S FOOTSTEPS. THE LATE BEVERLY RUSTAD SOLD RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE IN THE SIOUX FALLS MARKET FOR 30 YEARS


• ATTENDED PUBLIC ELEMENTARY IN VERMILLION & SIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (PATRICK HENRY MIDDLE AND GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH)


• GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA. EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING


• MARRIED TO DARRYL TOMBAGA (PACIFIC ISLANDER…BORN IN HONOLULU, HAWAII)


• TOGETHER, THEY ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF 2 CHILDREN WHO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SIOUX FALLS…A SON (15) WHO IS A STUDENT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND A DAUGHTER (12) WHO IS A STUDENT AT  PATRICK HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.


• RESIDES WITH HER FAMILY IN A VINTAGE ENGLISH TUDOR STYLE HOME IN THE MCKENNAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.


• 3 DOGS (COONHOUND, WEIMARANER & LAB MIX FROM SF HUMANE SOCIETY)

PROFESSIONAL