A licensed landscape architect, she previously worked for URS Corporation in Minneapolis, the National Park Service in Boston, and Heritage Landscapes in Charlotte, Vermont. She has a B.S. from Yale University and a M.L.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She has completed numerous cultural landscape projects, most recently for Brucemore, a National Trust property; Platt National Park Historic District; and Rim Rock Drive in Colorado National Monument. She is currently researching the history of the Minneapolis Park System.