Sue grew up in, and attended schools in Mount Prospect, Illinois. She attended Lions park grade school, Lincoln Junior High, and Prospect High school. After graduation from high school, she attended Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois, where she first began exploring her interest in body building. After graduation, Sue returned to live briefly in Chicago's Northwest suburbs. Later she would move to the west coast, pursuing a bodybuilding career, marry, and find roles in the Nemesis series of sequels.