1988
Harvard University – additional coursework in Visual and Environmental Studies – Cambridge, MA

1987
State University of New York at Buffalo – M.F.A., painting and drawing,
National Hispanic Scholarship – Buffalo, NY

1982
Indiana University of Pennsylvania – B.F.A., painting and drawing;
concentration in Visual Communication – Indiana, PA Distinguished Alumni Award (2007)

1981
Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Affiliation with Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
concentration in Visual Communication – Pittsburgh, PA

1978
West Point Military Academy – Honorable Discharge – West Point, NY