Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1978-1979 he kaiwhiwhi pūtea ia anō (Airlift
me te Fulbright Program) ki te ako kiriata me te whakaahua i te San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco / USA (Bachelor of Arts). I noho a Weimann ki Amerika ka noho ka mahi i Tepoztlán, Mexico mo nga tau e rua.