She got a scholarship to Bennington College in Vermont and went on to get her MFA at the University of Virginia and her Ph.D.

她获得了佛蒙特州本宁顿学院的奖学金，随后在弗吉尼亚大学获得了艺术硕士学位，并在弗吉尼亚大学获得了博士学位。