I was raised in Brooklyn, NY and participated in local theater growing up but did not continue in High School. When I got to college (for Marine Science) i found myself drawn back into the world of Entertainment and the behind the scenes work. When I graduated, realized that science was not my path and although i meandered through sailing a tall ship out of Providence Rhode Island for a season, I ended up backstage and never really left.

I started working backstage on small theater productions and building scenery and setting up wedding lighting while going to CUNY- City University of New York Entertainment Technology program. From there I took the Apprenticeship Test for IATSE Local One and placed at ABC in their Carpenter Shop. From there I became a Journeyman and went on to work further in New York before I ended up at NBC and specifically 30 Rockefeller Plaza as a Set Dresser on all the shows made there.