She has served as chair of graphic design at MICA, where she taught fierce sophomores and daring juniors. She has been exhibited and honored with multiple design awards, is a past Rotary International Scholar, and has work in the permanent collection of the RISD Museum of Art. Her creative work is inspired by a desire to encourage the spectator to learn while looking. Clients include the Baltimore Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University, Polaris Project, and the Taproot Foundation. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MA from Bard Graduate Center.