Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Irvine (1989)
Master of Fine Arts degree in Exhibition Design and a Certificate in Museum Studies from California State University, Fullerton (1995)
Museum Leadership Program at The Getty Leadership Institute, 2007
Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum from January 1999-June 2003
Curator of Exhibitions at the University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach
o-founder and curator of Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions in Venice Beach and Costa Mesa, California
Worked at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Laguna Art Museum, Newport Harbor Art Museum (now Orange County Museum of Art), and The Severin Wunderman Museum.
Serves on the executive committee for the Southern California Chapter of Art Table
Board Member of the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce