Her professional background includes:

• A Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Sculpture from the University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
• Invited artist to Sculpture Symposium in Japan.
• Artists in Residence at Hawkes Bay Polytechnic and Wairarapa Arts Centre.
• Participation in Stone Carving Symposia in Auckland, Matamata, New Plymouth and Wellington for over 10 years.
• Numerous public and private commissions.
• Numerous exhibitions in the United States and New Zealand.
• First Place for Sculpture in the 1997 Lincoln Green Art Awards.
• Works owned in private collections in Germany, Sweden, Japan, USA, England, Australia, and New Zealand.