She is a former University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Visiting Professor and Graduate. She has presented her work at museums, galleries, and film festivals worldwide, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rome Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Transmediale, 25 FPS Festival, European Media Arts Festival, Impakt, CPH:DOX, Images Festival, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis; Interstate Projects, PPOW Gallery, both New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit; Gallery 400, Three Walls, both Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. She grew up in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and attended Oberlin College, where she majored in Studio Art.