She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Centre Contemporaine de la Gravure (now the Centre d'édition contemporaine [fr]) in Geneva, Switzerland. She also spent time at the Istituto statale d'arte di Firenze [it]in Florence, Italy. After wandering in Europe, Lieros returned to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964 and took up a position as a teacher at Chaplin High School, where she had been a student.