She holds an M.F.A in ceramics and craft history from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and a B.F.A from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York. She has shown work nationally and internationally including but not limited to the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (Grand Rapids, MI), Baltimore Clayworks (Baltimore, MD), Gloria Kennedy Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), The Warehouse Gallery (Syracuse, NY) and Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), She is dedicated to the advancement and development of the field of Craft History and Theory and in particular the use of historical ornament as a visual language.