About Me - the quick and simple

I’ve been trying to write a little about myself, so people who don’t know me can have a better idea of where I’m coming from in my writings and commentary, but I’m finding that it is a really hard thing to do - write just a short bio - I feel like I’m always leaving too much out.  Below is my bio that leaves out all the interesting details, but I hope it gives an idea of where I come from.

Originally intending to be an actor, I moved away from theater after a car accident that caused Brain Injury in November of1999.  After this incident and as I began university studies at the local Bloomsburg University, I dabbled in a wide variety of social science and artistic fields, finally deciding that I wanted to be a Storyteller after witnessing a performance by Master Storyteller Jay O’Callahan.  The day after this performance, I began to study the art with head librarian and Master (though not as well known) Storyteller Hal Pratt.


While independently studying storytelling, I was also completing my Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and upon completion enrolled in the graduate program for Storytelling at East Tennessee State University, where I studied with Dr. Joseph Sobol, as well as other artists and academics.  I completed the graduate program with a thesis presentation titled “Who Am I, Again? a verbal collage of stories about Traumatic Brain Injury”.  Upon graduating, I began working various part time jobs and professionally performing at locations throughout the North-Eastern United States, including several performances of my signature piece about Brain Injury at conferences throughout the country.


After leaving Tennessee and working several years in Pennsylvania as an independent performance artist and an artistic educator with Box of Light Studios, in 2012 I decided to see more of the world by teaching English in Korea.  Currently, I am finishing my time in Korea, living in the small city of Pohang and preparing to begin my final Korean teaching contract.

That’s the quick and easy of where I’m from, but I hope it helps to give an idea of my back ground - if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below.