Work: lumber yard worker, USPTA professional, national C.L.I.O study data collector, rehabilitation counselor, college academic counselor, Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Security Officer, NYC Dept. of Ed. Teaching Fellow, boys-to-men workshop facilitator, poetry workshop instructor, Creative Writing Club mentor, etc.

Education: Psychology BA (Queens College, CUNY), English BA (Queens College, CUNY), Creative Writing MFA (Brooklyn College, CUNY), Teaching of Creative Writing Post-MFA Cert. (Antioch U.)

PEN member, listed in the Directory of Poets and Writers,  founding editor of small press nonprofit poetry journals: The U.S. Latino Review (1999-2001) and The Teacher’s Voice (2004-2014) Info.

Brooklyn-born, South Bronx-raised, my wife and I have lived in Queens, New York, since 1981. Our son and daughter flew the coop years ago and became teachers. 

 *Available for public readings. I hope to release a manuscript of collected poems with a supportive publisher someday.