Received Bachelor of Fine Art (1987) and Bachelor of Art (1986) from University of Michigan.
Received Master of Fine Art from Washington University (1993). Hirsch is on the faculties
of Pacific Northwest College of Art, Linfield College and Marylhurst University. Hirsch has been
an Artist-in-Residence at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, Crater Lake National Park,
and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.