I was born and raised in Bucyrus, Ohio, which is about an hour north of Columbus. I then attended four years of college at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, where I graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts.

Over the years I have worn many different hats career-wise. I have worked customer service for a phone company that was located in both New Jersey and Massachusetts. I lived in New Jersey till 1998 then in Boston, Massachusetts from 1998 to 2005.

From there I moved to San Francisco, CA where I worked for the bars 440 Castro and Trax. I started out as a doorman at 440 Castro in 2006 to bar back and then worked my way up to bartender from about 2010 to 2014. It was a rewarding experience that taught me what hard work was and I got to work with some incredible people and personalities that defined what San Francisco was all about. It was an important education that shaped me as the man I am today.

I became a notary public in 2018. I have worked gig economy jobs such as Door Dash and Task Rabbit. In 2019 I began to work for Rover.com, which is a dog boarding service. I was very successful at building a great repeating clientele with many dogs that year. I no longer board dogs but enjoyed it immensely and miss the dogs and clients.

My passions and hobbies include gambling, movies, music, art, travel, photography, quilling and drawing occasionally.