Joyce lives with her husband Lonnie on their 2200-acre working cattle ranch (where she also grew up) in Western Nebraska. Joyce enjoys working in the yard, completing new landscaping projects around their home, gardening, canning produce, and making wine from their own grape vineyard, raspberries, rhubarb, choke cherries, and apples. She also enjoys camping, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and snow skiing with her family. Her faith and her family are the foundations of her world.

• Training for the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Protection and Safety Workforce
• Trauma Capable Schools