Education: State University College at Buffalo (SUNY System)
Ethnic Background: Italian, Mexican, & Polish
Favorite Sports: Hockey and Football - Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills
Favorite Historic Movies: The Post, Selma, Bridge Of Spies, Spotlight, Milk, All The President's Men, The Big Short, The Imitation Game, Lincoln, Saving Private Ryan, The Social Network, Hidden Figures, Platoon, Schindler's List, Gandhi, 12 Years A Slave, Gangs Of New York, Glory, Dances With Wolves, The Last Of The Mohicans, Flags Of Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima, Tora! Tora! Tora!, American Sniper, The Last Emperor, Iron Jawed Angels, Malcolm X, Dunkirk, The King's Speech, The Pianist, Steve Jobs, Empire of the Sun, The Deer Hunter, Patton, American Gangster, Saving Mr. Banks, Braveheart, Gladiator and The Good the Bad and the Ugly!
Favorite Food: A good steak, good pizza, chicken wings (in Buffalo), chicken on the grill, a good burger, a good "Beef-on-Weck" sandwich, steak tacos, warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream, Resses Peanut Butter Cups.
Favorite Holiday/Season: Fall and the Holiday Season
Favorite Music: Live Music, American Popular Standards, Golden Oldies, Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Classic Rock, Jam-Rock, 90s Grunge-Rock, Motown, New Wave, Jazz, Funk, Folk, Soul, Swing, G-Funk, Blues, Classic Country & Broadway show tunes!
Favorite Music Groups and Artists: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Phish, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, White Stripes/Jack White, Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Buddy Holly, John Coltrane, James Brown, Dr. Dre, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Who, The Cars, Simon & Garfunkel, The Allman Brothers Band, The Talking Heads, David Bowie, The Police, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cook, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Tedeschi-Trucks Band, The Dave Matthews Band and Bobby DeSoto!