Courtney was born in 1982, in the beautiful community of Sechelt on the coast of BC and raised in Chilliwack BC where her family still lives. She received a full spectrum education that started with home-school, then private school, and then graduating from Chilliwack Senior Secondary School in 2000. Courtney is a graduate of Trinity Western University, holding a Bachelors Degree with a major in History and a minor in Political Science.