Her inspiration for these subjects, many of them speaking of a vanishing past, came from the many road trips she took as a child with her parents, and from an early age, she determined to be an artist.She studied at the University of Minnesota, and finding the school overwhelmingly big, switched to the state University of New York at Purchase where the population was manageable for her but she was close to the New York City art scene. However, for her the best learning environment was at Santa Clara University where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.Fro