She received her BFA from the University of Cincinnati, and continued on to study as a Post-Baccalaureate at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Virginia Commonwealth University, where she earned her MFA. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, she has traveled and lived all over the country, living and working on artist residencies in Vermont, Virginia, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, and California. Random pursuits include a short stint as a horse camping (glamping) trail chef in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. She has finally settled in Philadelphia, where she paints, teaches art and lives with her husband and a dog named Sunny.