I was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We moved to Palo Alto, California five years later. I now live in Southern California with my husband, son, and various creatures. Our home is close enough to the ocean to watch the whales migrate south in the winter and for us to go bodysurfing every summer.

My teachers include John Paul Caponigro, Joyce Tenneson, Duane Michals, Holly Roberts, John Reuter, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, Keith Carter and others.