Jamie was raised in Avon, Indiana, and graduated from Avon High School. She attended Indiana University working as an administrative assistant for the Graduate Program at the Department of Political Science in Bloomington. While obtaining her B.A. in Political Science, she was selected for the Governor's Summer Internship (GSI) program and interned with the State Board of Accounts. During and after college, Jamie waited tables at Steak 'n Shake in Plainfield and then began working at a law office in Brownsburg, attending law school at night while handling a diverse array of tasks for attorneys during the day as a paralegal, ranging from research to document preparation to liaising with clients.
