Louis who now lives in Providence, Rhode Island where she is finishing her Masters' degree at Rhode Island School of Design. She grew up between St. Louis and a small village in Sicily where her father's family lives. Elements of both American and Italian cultures appear frequently in her work. She has also researched natural history, the culture of freaks and sideshows, and the history of medicine and physical abnormalities for imagery that she uses both literally and symbolically to discuss the external/physical and the internal/emotional metamorphosis that is a constant within the life of each individual.