Donna began blowing glass in 1999 at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After earning her BFA in glass and photography in 2001, she continues to study glass art at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Sculoa del Vetro Abate Zanetti in Murano, Italy with Victorio Ferro.
Donna currently lives in Seattle, Washington and worked on Pilchuck's summer staff from 2000 to 2008. She currently teaches glass blowing classes at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington. Her work is in private and public collections in the United States, Italy, Greece and Sweden.