Portrait of a smiling woman with glasses and long hair, in black and white.

BFA degree from the University of New Mexico. BA and MAT degrees from Rockford College in Illinois.  She developed art curriculum and taught art in high school in Illinois.  She also taught art in high school and at Northern Virginia Community College in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.  Since moving to Florida she has taught at Pensacola State College and shown paintings and pottery in galleries and art festivals.