BFA in Theater Costume Design from SUNY Purchase in 1983. Yet another graduate from the tight-knit Purchase crowd along with Elizabeth Shelton, David Grill, Bubba Fanelli, Stanley Tucci, Steven Weber, Luis Ramos, Wesley Snipes, Gina Belafonte, Ivan Menchell, Karen Sillas, Robert John Burke, Adina Porter, and Robert Clohessy.