Born in Oxnard, California on November 15,1961 and raised in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Dungey earned a master's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin, where she taught until 1989.
Born in Oxnard, California to Byron and Eileen Dungey in 1961, she was raised in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. She earned a master's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin, where she taught until 1989.