Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

  Master of Science degree in Zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, Oregon.

  Additional education:
   Cytotechnology program completed at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
      Internship in cytotechnology completed with the Clinical Laboratory Medical Group in Los
      Angeles, California. Certified as a cytotechnologist by the American Society of Clinical
      Pathologists.
   Graduate courses taken in basic health sciences for medical doctors at Oregon Health Sciences
      University, Portland, Oregon.   
   Completed a two week Guild of Natural Science Illustrators National Workshop in science
      illustration at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.