Nora graduated from Rosemont in 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. She went on to a post baccalaureate, and then graduate program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.  She received her Master of Fine Art in May of 2006.  She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, but also maintains a studio in Philadelphia.  She spends her time painting, teaching art to autistic preschoolers, and also running her decorative painting business, Bella Pintura, in New York and Philadelphia.