2006: Master of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Jewelry and Metal Design. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2002: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Jewelry and Metal Design. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

1996: Associate of Applied Science in Commercial Art. South Plains College, Levelland, Texas.

2006: "The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry" Lark Book Publication, Ashville, North Carolina, Author, Marthe Le Van.

2006: “500 Necklaces” Lark Book Publication, Ashville, North Carolina, Juror, Marjorie Schick.

2005: “500 Bracelets” Lark Book Publication, Ashville, North Carolina, Juror, Charon Kransen.

2003: “1000 Rings” Lark Book Publication, Ashville, North Carolina, Juror, Robert Ebendorf.

2009: “Forma vs Materia” Galleria Cristiani. Torino, Italy.

2009: “Faculty Show 2009” Collin College-Spring Creek Campus. Plano, Texas.

2009: “Materials: Hard & Soft 2009” National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition. Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas. Juror, Marilyn da Silva, Master metalsmith, chair and professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California.

2008: “Faculty Show 2008” Collin College-Spring Creek Campus. Plano, Texas.

2007: “Faculty Show 2007” Collin College-Spring Creek Campus. Plano, Texas.

2007: “Materials: Hard & Soft 2007” National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition. Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas. Juror, Paula Owen, President and CEO of the Southwest School of Art & Craft in San Antonio, Texas.

2006: “Craftforms 2006” International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania. Juror, Gretchen G. Keyworth, Director and Chief Curator of the Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA.

2006: “Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition 2006”. Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas. Juror, Lloyd Herman, founding director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.

2005: “Craftforms 2005”National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania. Juror, David McFadden, Chief Curator Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.

2005: “Niche” Student Award Winner and Finalist, Category: Fashion Jewelry, Work featured in Spring 2005 Niche Magazine. Jurors- editors of Niche and American Style Magazine.

2003: “Craftforms 2003" National Juried Contemporary Crafts, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Juror, Paul J. Smith.

2002: “Innovative Tools for Personal Use” National Juried Exhibition, Society of North American (SNAG) and 3M, Center for the Visual Metropolitan State College in Denver, Jurors, Charles Crowley, Silversmith, Top Dog Studio, Gloucester, Massachusetts and Kiff Slemmons, Jeweler, Seattle, Washington and Edward S. Cooke, JR, Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts Department of History of Art, Yale University, New Haven, Conneticut.

2002: “Material Explorations: Wearable Objects of Non-Traditional Materials”, National Juried Exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York. Jurors, Tracy A. Rosolowski, Curator of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute School of Art Gallery and Chris Irick, Assistant Professor of Metal Arts at Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.

2002: “Future Prospects Exhibition”, Society of North American Goldsmiths, (SNAG), National Student Juried Slide Exhibition, Denver, Colorado. Jurors, Sally Perisho, Director of the CVA Center For Visual Arts Gallery in Denver, Colorado and Richard Sweetman, COMA Board Member and Suzanne Nayduch, COMA Board Member.

2002: “Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition”, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Juror, Patrick McCraken, Executive Director of The Amarillo Museum of Art.

2002: “Materials: Hard & Soft” National Juried Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas. Cash Award. Juror: Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director of The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.

2001: “Metal Departures: Wearable and Sculptural Objects” Society for Midwest Metalsmiths National Exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri, Juror, Pat Flynn, Studio Jeweler.

2001: “Material Considerations”, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) National Student Juried Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia. Juror, Kenneth Trapp, Curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.

2001: “Annual Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition”, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Juror, Dr. Paul Ivey, Associate Professor of Criticism and Art Theory, University of Arizona.

2000: “Juried Student Exhibition”, Society of North American Goldsmiths, (SNAG), National Student Juried Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts. Jurors, Cynthia Eid, Metalsmith, De Cordova Museum School and John Heller, Metalsmith, Bridgewater State College.

2000: “Annual Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition” Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Juror, Sara Kellner, Director of Diverse Works, Houston, Texas.

2000: “Annual Jewelry /Metals Exhibition”, Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

2007: Cash Award, “Materials: Hard & Soft” National Juried Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas.

2006: Robert Harrison Award for Excellence, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2005: Friends of Art Graduate Award for Merit, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2003: Fee Scholarship-Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2003: Tanner Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2002: Cash Award, “Materials: Hard & Soft” National Juried Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas.

2001: Charles M. Pijan Art Memorial Scholarship, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

2007- Present: Associate Faculty, Design I, Collin College, Plano, Texas.

Spring Semester 2007: Associate Faculty, Design I and II, Collin College, Plano, Texas.

2005-2006: Associate Instructor, Beginning Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (instructor of record).

Summer 2005: Graduate Assistant, Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2004-2005: Associate Instructor, Fundamental Studio-Three Dimensional Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (instructor of record).

2003-2004: Graduate Assistant, Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.