Schlesinger currently lives in New York City where she enjoys a successful career as easel painter and muralist. Schlesinger lived in Los Angeles during most of the 1970s after graduating with a degree in English from Radcliffe College. While in Los Angeles, she was active in the Citywide Mural Project and co-founded the Social and Public Art Resource Center in 1976. (Robin K. Dunitz, Street Gallery, Guide to over 1000 Los Angeles Murals)
