A nomad throughout the rural South and Midwest U.S. during childhood, HEY CASS received their BFA in Sculpture in 2009 from Washington University in St. Louis and MA in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. HEY CASS currently maintains a multidisciplinary art praxis in Durham, North Carolina, using art and art therapy as means to reflect upon and influence cultural, environmental, and social systems.