Distance running is in Erica’s blood.  Her dad was a successful marathoner, winning the Smoky Mountain Marathon in 1982. Erica followed her passion and began running in high school and then was able to continue collegiately at the University of Central Florida, where she was part of the Conference USA Championship winning team for the first time in school history. Erica continued to run after college, shifting from the 5000m to longer distance events. In time, Erica established herself as one of the top female runners in the state of Florida.

Erica ran her first marathon one year after college and ended up with a second place finish and respectable time of 3:05. Erica competed in the Boston Marathon from (2012-2014) with a PR of 2:56. Erica realized at the end of 2014 that she wanted to be more competitive and began training for the marathon with consistent training and coaching.  Erica smashed her PR by almost 9 minutes with a 2:47 at the Grandma's Marathon in June 2015. She then went on to become the 2017 Napa Valley Marathon champion, running 2:48:48 on a cold and blustery day.