She received a B.A. from Loyola College, a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and a M.F. A. from Radford University. Her artwork is primarily landscape paintings that are completed on-site around northern Baltimore County and southern York County. She has been exploring issues of sustainability and climate change in her teaching and artwork. Her paintings can be found in numerous corporate, public, and private collections, including the Infusion Center at the University Medical Center at Princeton Plainsboro in Princeton, NJ. Ms. Akre serves as a cook for St. Ignatius church's Loaves and Fishes meal program for people experiencing homelessness in Baltimore. Along with her students, she contributes bags of food to VIVA House, another Loyola community partner.