She earned her diploma of arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2003) and
Cabinetmaking from El Instituto Artesanal de la Colonia Tovar (IACT), Caracas (1999).
Also hailing
from Queensland, Empress Surfboards» shaper (whose father made wooden surf skis in the 1950's) trained in
cabinetmaking and worked in boat building design before co-founding the company last year.