She graduated from the The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in the USA in 1999 with Associate of Science in Photography. Barbara won many awards while studying and at the graduation she won the Award of Best Portfolio in the program of Photography. Barbara ran and owned a very popular portrait studio in Reykjavík, Iceland for 5 years. She closed the business when she moved abroad in 2005. Barbara lived in Spain for 6 years, but has now moved to Copenhagen, Denmark where she keeps on photographing people.