Bonnie holds an MFA in 3D/Glass from Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. She utilizes an industrial laminating process to produce large-scale figurative images in layers of glass. She is the past President of The Glass Art Society and former juror of the Fellowship Selection Committee of The Creative Glass Center of America. She has exhibited and lectured extensively and taught at Tyler School of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, Cleveland State University, Ohio State University, Goddard College, and Pilchuck. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of The Corning Museum in NY and The American Museum of Glass in NJ.