Stewart was born in Ohio and graduated from high school there.
She attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota, Morris.
She has a BA degree in literature and history. Her work experience includes waitressing, clerical, modeling, teaching, and program development.
From 1982-1992 she coordinated and developed a variety of noncredit classes, workshops and conferences for a university continuing education program ranging from a summer program for creative high school students to a program to help rural woman start new businesses. She particularly focused on environmental related programs and women's programs. Part of her tasks included writing news releases, brochures, handbooks, and grants. She moved to her home near Ely, Minnesota in 1992. Since then, as a freelance writer, she has been a contributor to local and regional newspapers and periodicals and published a children's book, I Saw a Moose Today.
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