Jillian received her B.F.A. and Art Education degree from the College for Creaative Studies in Detroit in 2008.

She was the recipient of the 2007 Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptor Scholarship, the Ethel Ford Achievement Scholarship and the General Motors Achiviement Scholarship. Jillian currently lives, studies and works in Washington DC. She will receive her M.F.A. from American University in Spring 2011. Jillian also has a strong passion for teaching and presently teaches elementary and high school art classes at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.