She studied Architecture at the University of Southern California but was inspired to diverge from the traditional practice-based path upon seeing the “Skin & Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion & Architecture” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA). In an interview with Archinect, she recalled the eye-opening experience of realizing the connection between fashion and architecture; seeing similarities between the folds of elaborately draped dresses and the façade of a building she had studied in school.