 In 1987, Becker went to New York City with her family where she worked as an Assistant Lighting Designer to Giles Hogya at the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre.Between 1987 and 1989 she studied Philosophy and Architecture at the University of Hamburg and Stuttgart, and Visual Communication at the University of Design Offenbach.At the invitation of Central St Martins College of Art and Design she moved to London in 1989 and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Theatre Design.