The mother of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has done a great job of staying out of the public eye, though she was present when her son was sworn into the U.S. House in 2013. Her life had an interesting start. She grew up in Poland but came to the United States with her family when she was younger. Rogers attended Youngstown State University in Ohio, where she met her husband, Ronald Daniel DeSantis. They eventually relocated to Jacksonville, Florida in the late '70s before welcoming their son Ron in 1978. The couple welcomed daughter Christina in 1985 while living in Orlando before eventually relocating to Dunedin, Florida.

Sadly, the couple's daughter passed away in 2015 while in London. Rogers took action to remember Christina by launching a GoFundMe to raise money for a scholarship at Florida State University, where Christina studied before moving abroad. These days, Rogers helps look after her son's three children Madison, Mason, and Mamie. As a retired critical-care nurse, she is used to looking after others — a quality that will come in handy as her family prepares to be inundated with media during a busy campaign run.