I am originally from Towanda, Pennsylvania. Towanda is Algonquin for "Hills were the great dead are buried", something I find to be an interesting coincidence in the relationship to the vast majority of my work; it is also a terrific case of irony, being that I was technically born in a old graveyard. I received my B.F.A. from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and my M.F.A. from the University of North Dakota. I am a Ceramics Instructor at Century College. I am currently located in Minneapolis, MN.