She received a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University (2002) and Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin with Honors (1995). Her practice experience includes project designer for Frank Gehry Partners, LLP and Marmol+ Radziner LLP. In addition to numerous conference publications, she has more notably published a chapter in BIM in Academia (Yale University Publication 2011) and is also the key researcher using BIM for the Austin Green Wall Initiative.