Mary graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a minor in Housing and Interior Design, and completed design studies at Parsons School of Design in New York and the Inchbald School of Design in London. She is the founder of Kids for Kids, and is affiliated with WE.org, where she travels to countries around the world to build schools and provide necessary provisions and services, the Harvard School of Public Health as a supporter of fistula surgery in Africa, Women To Women International, and Planned Parenthood. She also volunteers for a multitude of candidates in California, assists in elections around the country, and fundraises for PACs and individual candidates.
