Studied developmental disabilities at Kean University in New Jersey with emphasis on teaching special education students. Completed graduate degrees from the State University of New York at Albany in Educational Psychology. Taught adult students at Fulton Montgomery College, the College of St. Rose, Russell Sage College, and the University at Albany who were studying to become psychologists, teachers, nurses, human service workers, and police officers. Successfully combined psychology knowledge with counseling high school youth in the Troy School District for over twenty years. Most recently using dialogue to understand and treat all people as a clinical psychologist with respect and humor. Hobbies are cooking, listening to music, hiking, and reading.