 in Mathematics from Oregon State University in 1962, a teaching credential in secondary-level mathematics in 1966, and a M.S.in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 1976.Sculpting in her own studio, she has created many portraits of noted African Americans, and countless multi-cultural style sculptures in abstract, figurative realism and designs for monumental bronzes that she personally works through clay on armatures to the lost wax process.