Robert, born and raised in Southern California, was an Engineering student at USC before discovering he loved languages. He completed his B.A. in English,Humanities: German, at UCLA. He went on to receive his M.A. in Counseling and Spanish. He taught in L.A. for 10 years in Huntington Park. Before teaching he worked in the Business and Economics Dept. of The Central Libruary. In 1991, he accepted a teaching position in Salinas, Ca., on the Monterey Peninsula. He retired in 2007and started working on 4 books, while working at In Spirit Art Gallery in Carmel Valley Village, as a Sales Consult more...