She earned a bachelor of arts from Drake University and a master's of fine arts from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions, most recently Iowa Artists 2008 Drawing at the Des Moines Art Center Downtown; the MacNider Museum in Mason City, Iowa; Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Concordia University Art Gallery in Irvine, Calif. Her work can be found in the corporate collections of John Deere; the Iowa Clinic; the University of Northern Iowa; and Iowa State University, among others. She has had residencies at the Virginian Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Va. and The Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Ill.