Mimi Sheiner holds an MA in Art from Lone Mountain College and previously studied at Cornell University College of Architecture. Her work has won several awards and has appeared at the De Young Museum and the Pasadena Design Center. Ms Sheiner teaches Fine Art and Design at San Francisco State University and The University of San Francisco. She also cultivates blueberries, strawberries and herbs in her garden which she shares with many bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and the occasional owl and gopher.