Native Texan, Jania did not begin her career as a sculptor. She always considered herself an artist, studying at art institutes, illustrating fashion designs, oil painting in Singapore and sketching in Paris.  But it wasn't until settling in Italy in 1978, close to Pietrasanta, that she discovered marble and the medium that has become a lifetime passion.

Jania's work is found in private collections in Singapore, Paris, Mexico City, California, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Maryland and Texas