Mindy Faulkner,Mindy Lynn Roberson was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and at a young age she moved to Longmont, Colorado. Her father, Walter, after serving in the Air Force, became a pastor, and Joyce, her mother, is a midwife. Mindy has 11 siblings, she being the seventh, with six sisters and five brothers ranging in age from 14 to 40.