After earning her BA in Theater from Smith College and her MFA in Set Design for the Stage from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Eliza was a part of the New York theater scene for many years. Her set designs have been seen at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), Quintessence Theatre in Philadelphia, Bard and Trinity Colleges, Northern Stage and on Off-Off Broadway theaters throughout New York City. Eliza also served as a design assistant for Deborah Warner's Angel Project at Lincoln Center Festival, and she has extensive experience with props, working with Propstar, a Broadway props contractor, as a props assistant for the Actors Studio Drama School, and as prop master for New York Stage and Film. Eliza is also a professional photographer and runs and manages her own business, Eliza’s Eye Family Photography. Eliza and her husband reside off campus with their two sons.