However, as a young woman she decided to pursue a career in the visual arts, and in New York City studied sculpture with Edmondo Quattocchi, and anatomy with Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students League of New York.
As an emerging artist, she opted for a career in the visual arts, and subsequently pursued studies in sculpture and anatomy in New York City with instructors Edmondo Quattocchi and Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students League of New York.