She holds a Masters in Architecture from University College Dublin and the Making and Design Master's Programme at the Arkitektskolen Arhus, Denmark (2013). She has a first class degree in Sculpture and History and Theory of Irish Art and Design from the National College of Art and Design, Ireland (2005). She was a co-founder of the art and design organisation ‘Commonage’ and an arts project manager with the Ballymun Regeneration project.