Originally a Wisconsinite, Nora moved to Columbus, Ohio in 2014. Enamored with the local history (including that of her own family), diverse culture (particularly the strong geek community), and the rocks and fossils of the region, she has gone as far as battling homelessness in order to stay. Although she originally attended UW-Stout as a Manufacturing Engineering major, after her freshman year she transferred to UW-Madison and switched her major to Art, following in the footsteps of her father. Shortly thereafter, she encountered her disability onset which changed her life plans in other major ways.

These days her social media, personal life, and artistic interests tend to focus heavily on giving voice to issues such as disability rights; mental health and recovery (particularly in the scope of adversity/trauma); homelessness; women’s and LGBTQ rights; and, as a survivor now herself, the survivorship and experience of breast cancer specifically in young/pre-menopausal women. Nora also avidly dotes on her emotional support animal, a female ball python named Nagira, who has taken over Nora’s Google Photos folder and is the sole reason she must pay for extra storage.

At the studio, you may find her sipping a mug of tea that she never manages to completely finish while blasting Ben Folds, The Dandy Warhols, Lennings, Laurie Anderson, or “old-school” P!nk as she prepares art prints between shows. If you were to ask her, she’d call herself an “art librarian,” (somewhat facetiously) but you may occasionally see her on the road helping out on location as well.