- Summer's first professional acting job was with the Free Street Theater. Chicago's own Free Street Theater was founded by the late Patrick Henry, great great great grandson of Patrick Henry, Founding Father of the United States.
- Summer started her professional career as a singer, actress, dancer. The international choreographer, Wilbert Bradley, was her first dance instructor. According to Thrilling Forum, Little Known Actors from Cult Classic Movies, Wilbert was very active in Italian film throughout the 1960s and re-emerged in American film in the 1980s.
- Summer's very first professional acting job was as one of the original cast members of the long-standing, awarded Free Street Theater in Chicago.
- Summer was honored to be asked to deliver the 2022 commencement speech at her alma mater, Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, the smallest institute of higher learning to graduate a U.S. President. Per Wikipedia, among Eureka College's alumni throughout history are forty-two college and university presidents, seven Governors and members of U.S. Congress. Summer shares this alma mater with Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
- Summer is married to Randal Drew, a Canadian, and aviation consultant who certificates and repossesses commercial airplanes.
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