Judy co-founded the San Francisco School for Circus Arts (now Circus Center) with Wendy Parkman.  She was the Artistic Director of the Pickle Family Circus from 1987 through 1990. She received a BFA in theatre, film and television from NYU School of the Arts in 1970.  Judy married Hovey Burgess, one of the seminal forces behind the New Circus Movement in America.  They appeared in the Circo dell 'Arte, the Electric Circus, at Carnegie Hall (Lucio Berio concert), at Theatre for the New City, Artpark and in the 1974 International Mime Festival in La Crosse, WI. Judy's other circus credits include Merlin's Magic Circus, Circus Vargas, and the Pickle Family Circus. TV credits are Sesame Street, the Leon Bibb Show, Helluva Town, the Mike Douglas Show, and a KQED documentary about the Pickle Family Circus. She also appeared in Robert Atlman's film "Popeye". Judy has taught at NYU School of the Arts, Juilliard Drama School, ACT Summer Training Congress, The National Theatre School of Canada, Dell 'Arte School of Mime and Comedy, Brandeis College, Sarah Lawrence College, National Theatre of the Deaf, SUNY Binghamton, The Bathhouse Theatre and Ringling Clown College. She has visited the Government School for Circus and Variety Arts in Moscow and Lecoq's Le Central in Paris to observe classes.  She was a past president of the International Jugglers' Association.