She attended the Silvermine School of Art in New York where she studied landscape painting with David Dunlap, Advanced Water Media with Carmen Lund, and Figure Drawing with Jack Kovatch. She received as Associates of Arts degree from Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. She has exhibited locally at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, The Falmouth Artists' Guild and the Mazur Gallery in Falmouth, and won awards for her work including an Award of Excellence from Manhattan Arts International.