I was born in Berkeley, California. I began photographing while in high school, and in 1986 I received my MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. Since then I have been on the photography faculty at San Jose State University, and have been a visiting artist and lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stanford University, the San Francisco Art Institute and Santa Clara University.

My work is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, and the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. I have received grants and fellowships from the California Arts Council, the Marin Arts Council, and the Phelan Art Award in Photography.

My photographs are currently represented by the Julie Nester Gallery in Park City, Utah, and the SFMOMA Artists Gallery in San Francisco. Other projects include photographing for the California State Department of Housing and the United Farmworkers Union.