She received her Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Chicago, where she also received an M.A. in Composition and in Music History and Theory. Her primary composition teachers include Shulamit Ran, Marta Ptaszynska, and Ralph Shapey. She was the recipient of a Whiting Dissertation Fellowship, which she used to work with Azio Corghi at the Milan Conservatory. Her music has been performed around the U.S. and in Europe in contemporary music festivals. Currently she is working on pieces for Pinotage in Chicago, and bassoonist Benjamin Coelho.