She earned her BA at the College of William and Mary and studied in New York and France before earning her MFA from Indiana University. Her works win awards in exhibitions and are in collections of the College of William and Mary and the city of Bloomington, Indiana. In 2005 she and a team of students painted the "Street Called Home" mural in downtown Columbus. Schramer has received grants from the Institute of International Education, The National Society of Arts and Letters, and CCAD. In 2005 she was a finalist for the Fulbright to Italy, and in 2006 she taught in a study abroad program on the Italian island of Sardinia.