Born and raised in Montclair NJ, educated at Montclair State University, BA Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, MS Biology, Nova Southeastern University, DO Osteopathic Medicine, PGY-I Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ, PGY II-IV East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Psychopharmacology Fellowship RWJ Hosp, Piscataway, NJ.

Employment history includes UMDNJ CMHCs for outpatient psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Intensive outpatient with Bridgeway PACT in Union County. Current employment includes addictions and mental health outpatient treatment at Capitol Care as well as teaching positions at Caldwell University and Saint Elizabeth University.