• 29 year-resident of Warrington Township
• Married to James Watson, with one son, Derek
• B.A., English, University of Pennsylvania
• Master's Program Studies in Secondary Counseling/Guidance, Villanova University
• 144 th District State Representative since 2000
• Former Deputy County Administrator (Bucks County)
• Former Director of Public Information (Bucks County)
• First Director, Bucks County Highway Safety Program
• Member, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (1996-2000)
• Warrington Township Supervisor (1994-2000)
• Central Bucks School Board (1985-1989)
• Past President, John Barclay Elementary Home and School Association
• Member, Bucks County 2007 Open Space Bond Issue Panel

Legislative Priorities:
• Preservation of open space
• Quality education for all children
• Health care and prescription drug affordability
• Changes to the Municipalities Planning Code
• Children's issues, including adoption

Legislative Highlights
• Authored Act 10 of 2005, to prohibit "Flying While Impaired"
• Authored, amended, and secured final passage of Assisted Living Facilities Licensure Act” (Act 56/2007)
• Co-author of Pennsylvania's revamped DUI law
• Created and proposes changes to Pennsylvania's Teen Driving Statute
• Shepherded House passage of expanded booster seat law
• Challenged auditing system for PA subsidies to Approved Private Schools, for children with special needs
• Consistent advocate of medical malpractice reform
• Recipient of the 2007 “Better Life Award” from the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, for her work on issues affecting the elderly and disabled
• Recipient of the Alzheimer’s Association’s “Legislative Advocacy Award” for her work on long-term care issues within the Commonwealth
• Co-Chair and key negotiator for the House Republican Health Care Task Force, developing strategies to cover the most needy and vulnerable uninsured, while retaining high-quality, affordable, consumer-driven health care

As voice of the 144th
• Labeled a "maverick" by the Harrisburg Patriot-News in 2006
• "You come away with the impression that she doesn't worship at the feet of the (House) leaders." Doylestown Intelligencer, Oct. 2004.