She has received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Illinois Arts Council grant, and has had solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Cultural Center, and Sioux City Art Center. Her works are included in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Madison Art Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. She received a BA in Political Science from Wellesley College and an MFA in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is currently a Professor of Art at Illinois State University.