New Zealand Project Support, 2009
PhD research on the responses of American immigrant communities to 9/11, towards a doctorate at City University of New York
Fostering international dialogue through scholarship, translation and cultural diplomacy
New Zealand Project Support, 2008
Studies in Visual Culture at New York University, focusing on costume studies and textile conversation, culminating in a Master’s degree. After her return to Auckland in 2010, she developed an exhibition of works drawing on her US experience and toured the North Island to visit weavers and their communities.