Graduated from Northeastern University in 1986. Played clarinet in her high school marching band. Coined the phrase "How you doin'?", to which the response is "Awwwlllriiight?" In the South African Zulu language, "How you doin'?" is "Gunjani?", to which theresponse is "Encona." Wendy discovered this after speaking to a South African caller to the show named Benny. She plays the recording of the conversation almost daily.
