Simpson graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in journalism and political science [REF] and worked as a media relations and events specialist at the College of American Pathologists.
She has worked News broadcasting in Chicago and with other national television news and radio stations, including WJWJ-TV in Beaufort, South Carolina, WBBM-TV, WMAQ-TV, WFLD-TV FOX 32, WMVP-AM 1000.