Summer grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she performed theatre. She attended the University of Southern California getting her Bachelors in Environmental Studies and minor in Theatre. She's written numerous produced screenplays that have been distributed worldwide including a nine episode web-series that was filmed 100% remotely during Covid lock down, Pandemic Pillow Talk. Summer starred in the series which was a spin-off of one of her shorts. A domestic press tour covered the series that also starred Eric Roberts.