Madalyn Cleland grew up in Bishop, Ca. She attended Bishop Union high School and then graduated from High Desert Academy in 2010. Growing up, she was involved in 4-H and FFA raising market swine and dairy goats. She also participated in California High School Rodeo competing at state levels and semi-national. She has a Queensland mix named Coon, a lab named Ludo, and a dachshund named Nessee, as well as two Quarter horses, Snicky and Salsa [citation].