 She studied at the University of Oregon with Andrew Vincent and David McCosh from 1951–1953, and at the Museum Art School with William Givler from 1953–1956, earning a BA in Art from Marylhurst University in 1980.She married Ronald Orrin Peterson in 1956 and they reared two sons.She and her husband worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City during 1957–1958.