Background
D'Esopo (birth name: Janet D'Esopo) was born in New York City. Her father Joe D'Esopo, a second generation Italian, was a doctor and a teacher at Yale University her mother Marion was a psychiatric nurse of Scottish background.
D'Esopo (birth name: Janet D'Esopo) was born in New York City. Her father Joe D'Esopo, a second generation Italian, was a doctor and a teacher at Yale University her mother Marion was a psychiatric nurse of Scottish background.
In 1956, she enrolled and attended Bennington College in Vermont.
The family later moved to Hartford, Connecticut where D'Esopo received their primary and secondary education. She graduated with majors in painting and sculpture. She also studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts.