 McAfee studied at Western State Colorado College, at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and with James E. McBurney in Chicago.During the Depression McAfee created post office murals through the Section of Painting and Sculpture in Gunnison, Colorado, Clifton, Texas, Cordell, Oklahoma and Edmond, Oklahoma.As a tribute to her mother-in-law, Edith Turner, McAfee presented three murals to the public library of Greeley, Colorado where Mrs. Turner had served as Assistant Librarian for many years.