She received her BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art in 1989, attended Skowhegan School of Art, and received her MFA in Sculpture from Stanford University in 1995. She has done residencies at The Glassell Core Program in Houston, The Rijksacademie Von Beelden Kuntz in Amsterdam, and the Cité International des Arts in Paris. She was the recipient of a 1999 individual Artist Fellowship grant from the Ohio Arts Council. Selected solo exhibitions include those at Dennis Gallery at Austin College, The Olin Art Gallery in Gambier, OH, F.A.V.A in Oberlin, OH, and Bucheon Gallery in San Francisco.