She previously studied with Morten Lauridsen and Stephen Hartke at the University of Southern California. She has been commissioned and performed by groups on both sides of the Atlantic including Red Note Ensemble and the Gesualdo Six, and performed in such venues as The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Her music is characterized by sharp attention to harmonic and textural detail, and is largely inspired by sense of place and sensitivity to poetic text. She grew up on beautiful Bainbridge Island, Washington, always inspired by the beauty of the American West Coast..