Son of an African-American father and Italian mother.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent my toddler years in Los Angeles, Kansas, and here and there across the United States (compliments of being in a Military family).
My elementary school years were enjoyed in Germany, followed by middle school and the beginning of high school in Italy. The end of high school I finished in Kansas however, where I later attended college at Kansas State University. Attempting to finish a double major in Public Relations & Theater + a double minor in Theater & Women’s Studies + a B.A. in Italian = me dropping out of school completely bored with it all after 3 years.
On New Year’s Eve of 2002, I moved to New York City to pursue acting, writing and every other form of “The Arts” I could get my hands on. Although photography had always been a hobby of mine, I made it my profession in 2006.
I have lived in the Big Apple ever since…interrupted only by flights to Italy to visit family or trips abroad to shoot for individual clients. Like many other New Yorkers, I have a second job (restaurant management) which is my bread during the day…photography and documentary/short film-making being my butter at night and on weekends. My free hours are spent editing, video-gaming, socializing and generally living life to the fullest.
ALL of this, delightfully, influences my writing.
