In 2014 she won one of three MTSU’s Teacher of the Year Award and in 2017 was awarded one of two prestigious Tennessee Arts Individual Artist Fellowship for 2D. She earned her B.F.A. from the University of Kansas and her M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University of Carbondale. Currently her body of work is inspired by the non-profit organization Legacies of War mission statement: "is to raise awareness about the history of the Vietnam War-era bombing in Laos and advocate for the clearance of unexploded bombs”.