B.S in Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
M.F.A in Sculpture and Glass, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

collections: Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Ambassadorial residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, U.S. Ambassadorial residence in Rangoon, Myanmar; Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Children?s Hospital, Boston, MA, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong; Headly-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Milwaukee Art Museum, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; Pittsburgh Gateway Hilton, Pittsburgh, PA;Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Right Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan;The White House Craft Collection, Washington, D.C.; University of Michigan at Dearborn, Dearborn, MI.