Born in Schaumburg, Illinois, Struck worked as casting assistant and casting associate on the fantasy film Dragonfly (2002), the television series Without a Trace and Miracles (2003, casting by Junie Lowry-Johnson and Ron Surma), the comedy Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), the comedy Just Friends (2005), the television comedy Special Unit (2006), the television drama Walkout (2006), the comedy Unbeatbale Harold (2006), the drama Chaos Theory (2007), and the comedy The Heartbreak Kid (2007, with voice casting director Barbara Harris).