Born and raised in Pittsburgh where, at an early age, I discovered the golden sanctuary known as the comic book shop.  Shortly after discovering the colorful pages full of action, explosions, and superpowers, I began drawing my own characters; the course of my life was forever altered.  Many years later, after a bachelor of Studio Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a teaching certificate from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s of Education from National University, I am now in my twelfth year of teaching art at a public high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  When not at work, I spend every free moment I have drawing, reading sci-fi, or watching transformers with my two boys.