She graduated from the Moore College of Art in 1968 and earned a master's degree in photography in 1970 from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she studied with Aaron Siskind.
In 1968, she graduated from Moore College of Art and received a master's degree in photography from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1970. She was mentored by Aaron Siskind during her studies there.