Thorn was born in San Francisco California to Henry Rodriguez (Native American Luiseno) who was a part of the American Indian Movement participating in the peaceful Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969, and Gloria Lee (Chinese and Dutch), an artist and women right activist, and they met in San Francisco during the Indian Relocation Act.

She started working in restaurant business in her early 20s and admitted in Palomar College where she studied theater and art.

Since inception Thorn had spread the location of EC Gallery to different localities of USA, now she will bring artist from different regions and plans to host two shows; “Winter Wonderland” in January and “Hearts and Flowers” in February.

In Santa Fe she interviewed Roxanne Swentzell, George Rivera, Raymond Nordwall, and Nocona Burgess.

[22] In San Diego, she interviewed prominent artists from diverse backgrounds; James Hubbell, Victor Ochoa, Michael Flohr, and Gloria Lee.

In New Orleans, she interviewed Willie Birch, Michael Guidry, Molly Maguire “Magwire”, James Michalopoulos, and Brandon “B-Mike” Odums.”[23][24] Thorn’s new documentary TV series, "This is Indian Country" premiered on FNX in November 2022 featuring modern native Americans, creating in various genres, including art music, culinary arts, dance, comedy, and other creative disciplines[1]