Terry grew up in the Midwest as one of five children. She attended college at Jacksonville University in Florida where she majored in Geography, French, Sociology and a minor in Chemistry. Terry was a foreign exchange student in France and a member of the crew team. She worked as a health physicist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas before settling in New Hampshire. Favorite book:  “House Rules,” by Jodi Picoult. Favorite quote: “The greatest form of charity may be to withhold judgment,” by Sandra Rogers.