Born and raised in the drug infested-crime riddled Alexander Hamilton Housing Projects in Paterson, NJ, Michael attended the now infamous Eastside High School [from the movie Lean on Me / story of principal – disciplinarian Joe Clark.] Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds due to poverty and the seductive lure of the streets, Michael left school and opted for the military as an alternative route to a better life. During his second year of service Michael’s army engineer unit was deployed to Honduras, Central America to serve six months in a “hazardous duty&rdquo more...
