She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hamline University and a master of fine art in printmaking and works on paper from the University of Michigan. Her work in printmaking has expanded into mixed media and she has received three Bush Foundation Grants to pursue work in Fiber Art and Photography. She has exhibited in numerous national and international juried exhibitions, including Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition, Pressed and Pulled, Mid-America Print Council Juried National Print Exhibition, the First International Print Biennial Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and the 13th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain and Wingfield, U. K. Her works are included in numerous private and public collections and she has served as a juror for several regional and national competitions.