PEN member/volunteer; listed in the Directory of Poets and Writers; undergraduate degrees in Psychology and English from Queens College (CUNY); Brooklyn College MFA (CUNY); Antioch University Post-MFA Teaching of Creative Writing Certificate; former NYC Department of Education Teaching Fellow.

I have worked as a USPTA certified tennis instructor for 37 years (former head professional at Manhattan indoor and Queens outdoor locations); lumber yard hired hand; boiler company driver; cross-country education research data collector; rehabilitation counselor; academic counselor; Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Security Officer; boys to men’s issues workshop facilitator; poetry workshop facilitator; and am on the roster of mentors for the Creative Writing Club in New York City.  

Brooklyn-born, South Bronx-raised, I have lived with my wife in Queens, New York, since getting married in 1981. Our son, daughter, and son-in-law are teachers and school administrators in the U.S. and U.K.