Studied photography at the Pratt Institute graduating in 1965.
After the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 she fled the country for America with her mother and sister. They arrived on 21 March 1958 on the German ship MS Berlin. They settled in Jersey City.
Her husband Elliot Brody was a history professor and painter.
Purchased a 1915 Victorian home at 84-28 85th Road in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.