A Wisconsin native, Savannah Whitemarsh-Hoffmann graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a degree in psychology, and went on to complete degrees in school and clinical psychology. She lives in West Salem with her husband, Mathias; her dog, Rosie Jane; the garden fairies; and the occasional stray cat. When she's not working with patients, she is reading, writing, making memories with hersix younger siblings and sixteen nieces and nephews, or walking in a nearby woods.