After two decades of global travel to study as a self-taught artist, Hazel then spent several years refining her skills at the Savannah College of Art & Design, and the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

She channels her experiences and inspirations through illustrated stories, photography, pattern design, and cut paper. Her Paper Strata sculptures began as a studio experiment in 2015, and have since taken her around the world through dozens of exhibitions and publications. Though she has called many places home over the years, she only ever really meant it about Portland, Oregon.