Dawn studied visual arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, receiving her BFA in 2008. Since relocating to Australia in 2009 she has continued  sculptural and functional ceramics practices.  Notably she was included with a group of outsiders showing as part of The Australian Ceramics Association's OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN exhibition and their following exhibition Manifest. Further, her piece Beard and Tie was acquired by the Gold Coast City Gallery as part of their 2016 international ceramic art award. Dawn can often be found throwing, handbuilding and concocting glazes at her home-studio in Coburg.