- San Francisco's Elite Katherine Branson School for Girls
- Smith College (1930) Northampton, Massachusetts- enrolled with the desire to become a writer.
- Developed a fondness for French Cuisine and atteended Cordon Bleu where she recieved private lessons from master chef Max Bungnard.
- Joining with other Cordon Bleu sstudents, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, starting the cooking school L'Ecole de Trois Gourmandes (The School of the Three Gounmands).