M. V. Moran earned her MFA in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. Moran has a BFA in Painting from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. After several years of working at the University of Oregon in Student Services, she resigned from her position and began her dream of becoming a professional artist. Moran has exhibited prolifically throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2020, the Big Girls and Bad Air series exhibited in a solo exhibition at Coos Art Museum. Moran has taught at Bushnell University and is currently an Artist-in-Residence for Lane Art Council and a faculty member at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. Moran is a lifelong Oregonian, and has been in Eugene for the past thirty years.