I grew up in Huntington Beach California. I attended UCLA from 1978 until 1980. After visiting a friend at beautiful UC Santa Barbara I decided to transfer. I graduated from there in 1983 with a BA in Business Economics. After returning to Huntington Beach I got into the surfboard manufacturing industry and made surfboards from about 1984 until 1996. In 1997 I came to Korea to teach English. I currently work as an ESL teacher in Korea.