Libby was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She attended post-secondary education at Memorial University and the College of The North Atlantic.  Libby enjoyed art as a young child and as a youth attended classes at Memorial University Extension Services. She studied painting and drawing under well-known Newfoundland artists, Gerry Squires, Julia Pickard and Lise Sorenson. After completing the Commercial Art program at the College of the North Atlantic she worked in graphic design at an advertising firm in St. John’s.