[6] Her father is Polish and Austrian descent, and her mother is Native American, from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota and from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan.
"[8] She is often using sumi ink (made from the soot of pine branches in Japan)[5] mixed with earthy material and gathered objects such as bricks and tire shreds to paint.
"[10] While bringing attention to this she tries to have the observer and artist be a part of the piece itself as she herself has stated, "In the aboriginal sense one is actively moving through the landscape.
[15] Another solo exhibition, Forces of Nature (2017), at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe displayed La Bajada Red, an ink wash work that spanned the entire wall from floor to ceiling.
[10] In January 2021, the solo exhibition, Land Disturbed, opened at the Olin Fine Arts Center at the Washington & Jefferson College.
For Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now (2018-2019) at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the curators selected Ozark (Shelter in Place), a large wall piece in ink and earth on paper created from rock face impressions from a local national park and then molded lead sheets affixed on top.