Caroline Yacoe traded in the island of Manhattan for those of Hawaii and the Pacific in l978. Subsequent travel throughout Oceania and field work in Papua New Guinea on “The Survival of Traditional Cultures along the Sepik River'' for an  MA in Pacific Islands Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, deepened her involvement with the cultures and people of the Pacific which continues to this day. While appreciating the superb aesthetic quality of Oceanic Art which remains one of the non-western’s world’s greatest art forms, she is always particularly interested in how the art reflects the culture and the changes both are going through. Caroline’s travels and art collecting led to extensive photographic coverage and ultimately documentaries on the peoples and art of the Pacific especially in the Melanesian area. Caroline was often accompanied by and worked with her late husband Donald Yacoe a painter and Professor Emeritus of Art from Long Island University N.Y.