RAISED AND EDUCATED in Oakland as a fifth generation Californian, and discovering a passion for costume design while an American Civilization major at Mills College.

PRACTICAL TRAINING for three years and four summers at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Santa Fe Opera respectively, leading to an MFA degree in costume design at Carnegie-Mellon University.

APPRENTICESHIP training under John David Ridge at Brooks Van Horn costume shop in NYC.

YEARS OF ASSISTANT work for both Tony Walton and John Conklin in theatre, opera, and film in both costumes and scenic properties.

MY FIRST DESIGN JOB at Oregon Shakespeare Festival starting a freelance design career at theatres across the country and internationally in TV, film, IMAX, theatre, dance, and opera.

MARRIAGE to Thomas Walsh, production designer, and mother of Niccolo Murray Walsh, actor, singer, writer.

MY HOPE for continued and varied design projects located across the continents and encompassing many centuries of fashion.

OPERA/DANCE - THEATER - FILM/TV - DOCUMENTARIES - STYLIST