She studied Amenity Horticulture at the Irish National Botanic Gardens, receiving her diploma in 2003. She then went to Rome to study at the Academia d'Illustrazione for a year. She has designed gardens in Galway city and county, contributed to the Irish Garden and Plant Society Magazine, and worked for the Galway Arts Festival. She rents a studio space at the Market Studios off Capel street. She created a 24 Hour Comic at the 2008 event in Dublin.