She began her graduate studies at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, and married biophysicist Olke C. Uhlenbeck (the son of physicist George Uhlenbeck) in 1965.
Comezou os seus estudos de graduación no Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences na Universidade de Nova York, e casou co biofísico Olke C. Uhlenbeck (fillo do físico George Uhlenbeck) en 1965.