She received her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 and her M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2004. As a graduate student at the Center for Curatorial Studies, she organized The Happy Workerand co-curated Framing the Real: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection. At the Walker, she assisted with the exhibitions Andy Warhol/Supernova; Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005; Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat; Cameron Jamie; Heart of Darkness; Eva Hesse Drawing and is currently co-curator of the upcoming exhibition Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love.