Jesuit educated at Fordham Preparatory High School, I later received my B A in English/Education on a full academic scholarship at Iona College, New Rochelle, NY. I taught at Lincoln High School in Yonkers, NY for 33 years.  Yonkers is on the border of NYC. I am now retired and am an amateur photographer and a writer of non fiction and poetry.    

Certified Teaching English NYS grades 7 to 12. B A, M A, 45 credits in service and at universities beyond Masters. Invited Lecturer Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, 1993 Russian exchange program in Moscow and Sochi. Published photographer.