Jill was born in Clarion, Iowa, population 2.800. Teddy Bear capital of the world, birthplace of the 4H emblem (head, heart, health, hands) and home of Somebody-Grant, maybe Bill Grant, a gold-medal Olympic wrestler from the 30′s whose 10′ x 10′ portrait still hangs in the high school gym. Jill’s performance highlights include being a policewoman on pointe shoes, a giant goose in Charlotte’s Web, her Tap Dancing Through the Ages presentation, and winning the shuttle hurdle relay at the state track meet her senior year.