I was born in Grants, New Mexico and then moved to upstate New York as a toddler. From there, I spent my childhood in the bread basket of America, West Lafayette, Indiana-known as home to the Purdue Boilermakers! As a young teen, I moved to Marietta, Georgia and then divided my college career between Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia  and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. I landed in Athens in 1990 and have been here ever since!