MFA, Tufts University; BFA, Massachusetts College of Art; AB (magna cum laude), Harvard University. Currently works with pinhole cameras, 19th century photographic processes, and collage. Her work has been included in solo and group exhibitions in the US, Poland, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and England. Collections holding her pinhole photographs include Biblioth que nationale de France; Museet fur Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; Muzeum Historii Fotografii, Krakw, Poland; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, among others. Her work (and art-related travel) has been supported by grants from Art Matters; the Engelhard Foundation; the Goethe Institute; TransCultural Exchange and the Trust for Mutual Understanding, among others. She has been invited to participate in artist residencies in the West Indies, Greece, Hungary, and the US at venues such as the MacDowell Colony and the International Colony of Artists, Debrecen, Hungary. Images of her pinhole photographs and "photo objects" have been published in books, magazines, and catalogues in the US and Europe.

Ferguson's home and studio are located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She has taught at various Boston-area art schools for many years, as well as lecturing and giving workshops in the US and Europe. She has taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since the late 1980s.