Jodi (Yaldua) (formerly DeBoef/divorced) Wagner is a native of Iowa. Her father is a plastic surgeon, and her mother, an OB/GYN -- both parents are retired.
Born into an active entrepreneurial family, Jodi began her career in sales and marketing at a ripe young age of 8 years old selling whatever fruits and snacks she could conjure up from her mom’s kitchen to her classmates at a private girl’s school in the Philippines. She grew up with a natural artistic ability and continued her entrepreneurial path as a freelance artist selling sketches, oil paintings, sculptures, and calligraphy throughout her teenage years.
Jodi married a farmer in Iowa, and helped his family raise cattle, pigs