Patt Adair, yug hauv St. Paul, tau mus kawm nws thawj ob xyoos ntawm tsev kawm qib siab hauv St. Cloud State University ua ntej tau txais daim bachelor's los ntawm Metropolitan State University. Nws pib nws txoj haujlwm kho hauv xyoo 1977 ntawm Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Poj Niam hauv Shakopee. Nws tau los ua tus saib xyuas ntawm Minnesota Correctional Facility hauv St. Cloud, ib tug txiv neej laus nyob ze qhov chaw saib xyuas, thaum Lub Kaum Hli 1995.
Tau ntau xyoo, Adair tau ua haujlwm hauv ntau lub koom haum tshaj lij, suav nrog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Minnesota Corrections Association thiab Minnesota Association of Women in Justice. Tam sim no nws ua haujlwm ua tus soj ntsuam rau American Corrections Association, ua haujlwm ntawm pawg thawj coj saib xyuas rau United Way thiab ua haujlwm hauv Lub Rooj Sib Tham ntawm Cov Poj Niam.
Cov Poj Niam Nyiaj Txiag ntawm Central Minnesota Community Foundation tau qhuas Patt Adair nrog ATHENA Award hauv 2008 rau nws qhov tshwj xeeb kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev ua haujlwm tau zoo.