Kellyanne Conway, Trump's counselor to the president: What to know

She is from New Jersey

Conway was born in south New Jersey in 1967. She was raised by her mother, grandmother and two of her aunts after her parents divorced when she was 3 years old. She went to St. Joseph High School in Hammonton.

She graduated from Trinity College and George Washington University

Conway graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., with a degree in political science. She then earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School.

She founded The Polling Co.

In 1995, Conway founded The Polling Co. The research and consulting firm conducts research on attitudes, expectations, behaviors and motivations of the population. It has done work with a number of Republicans, including former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

She is married to lawyer George Conway III

Conway is married to George Conway III, and they have four children. They live in Alpine, New Jersey.

George Conway is a lawyer for the firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. He was one of the lawyers who worked on Paula Jones' case against former President Bill Clinton. He also allegedly leaked information about the case to The Drudge Report at the time.

She co-authored a book about women

Conway is the co-author of "What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live," published in 2005. She and Democratic political strategist Celinda Lake, the book's other author, "had found themselves on opposite sides of some of the country's most polarizing debates," the preface of their book reads, but the two collaborated to try to answer the question of what women in America want.