I was born and raised just outside of Manhattan. Growing up I could see the tops of the Empire State Building and other skyscrapers from my bedroom window. As a youngster I voraciously consumed two things: Books and Mac & Cheese. With spoon in one hand and book in the other, I simultaneously tended to stomach and mind.

Eventually it was my love of books that inspired me to study Literature at Seton Hall University. I spent four years probing the minds of the greatest writers who had touched pen to paper, and along the way I picked up a passion for philosophy that had for years unknowingly fueled my obsession with reading and art.

After four years of studying literature—consuming other people's work—I was itching to create some of my own. During this time I'd been exploring drawing, psychology, and communication.