SUSAN MILLER WAS BORN IN NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, DAUGHTER OF MUSICIAN AND PAINTER, TONY PACHECO, WHO WAS HER FIRST INSPIRATION. A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN, HER EARLIEST MEMORIES WERE THE SMELL OF OIL PAINT AND TURPENTINE AND VIBRANT GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR MUSIC THAT FLOWED ENDLESSLY FROM THE SOUL AND FINGERTIPS OF HER FATHER.

SHE BEGAN PAINTING AND DRAWING AT A YOUNG AGE, STUDIED FINE ART AT SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSITY, HAD PRIVATE ART LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDARY PAINTERS, MILTON HEALY AND RACHEL FARRINGTON, AND AFTER WORKING AS A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHIC ARTIST FOR 20 YEARS, OPENED UP HER OWN STUDIO AND ART SCHOOL IN NORTH WESTERN NEW JERSEY, USA.