Born and raised in Virginia, Carol graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in art from Hollins College. She married a career military officer and moved so often she was termed “a traveling printmaker” in one newspaper article about her career. Carol has continued to study taking design, drawing, and printmaking classes at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, and the Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia, and workshops with master printmakers such as Carol Wax, Dan Welden, Daniel Heyman, and Nathan Kanofsky.