Colleen graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and received a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of the Arts, The Mural Arts Program and Gloucester City Community Education Program. Her work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions, From 2011 - 2013 Colleen was the Resident Artist at Cheltenham Center for the Arts and has continued to volunteer and teach there. She was born & raised in Moorestown NJ & lives their now in a modest cottage with her loving husband, a yurt in the yard, an airstream in the drive, and one lucky cat. They are proud parents of one son who is nesting elsewhere.