Vicki Calhoun grew up in a military family then married into the military. She has lived in five different countries and six states. She was born into a military family. Her mother was from England U.K. and her father was from Kentucky. They met when he was in the Air Force and was stationed in England as an Air Traffic controller. Vicki began her freshman year of high school in Michigan, while her father was stationed in Vietnam. The family moved to Charleston, South Carolina when he returned stateside and she finished high school in South Carolina. She attended the College of Charleston and received an Associate Degree before moving to Japan. While in Japan (1975-1979) Vicky worked as a model in Tokyo. When she returned to the United States, she went back to college and worked as a travel agent in Florida. For the following fifteen years, she was a travel agent. She enjoys pottery and reading. She was a volunteer for Heifer International and at her children’s school and, through her church, reaches out to the homeless population in Little Rock.