Biography

I was born early May 1970 in New York City at Roosevelt Hospital, the sixth of seven children (three boys and four girls). We lived near 97th street and Park Avenue. New York was a bit different back then in the sense that you could raise a family of 9 and live in Manhattan. It was also on the brink of bankruptcy. I remember some empty lots, 25 cent Slices of pizza, fist fights and a Reidy’s bar that my father used to frequent. My Mother came here on a boat from Munich Germany in the late 40's and once here, met my Father, (a Microbiologist, product of the great American melting pot, and an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War) while both working at a Hospital in Manhattan. From what I know, not exactly love at first sight, but after 45 years of marriage, no doubt love until the day he passed. My Father was buried with his comrades in a military-styled funeral. We were even given an American flag at the end of it.

Today I still reside in New York, I married the love of my life - Lisa Vincenti with whom I fathered two sons, Logan (17) and Gavin (15) I coached both Logan and Gavin's soccer teams as a volunteer, for Brooklyn AYSO, until they got into Brazilian Jujitsu, today they are both into bodybuilding and aspire to be social media influencers. I try to keep up. I really do