I currently reside in Far Rockaway New York. I was born in Trinidad & Tobago, a twin island Republic in the Caribbean; I migrated to the United States of America about 15 years ago in order to attend college.<>

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I graduated from High School in Trinidad, West Indies at the age of 16 years; and twelve years later I migrated to New York to attend College. I started my undergraduate degree at the City College of the City University of New York.  My goal was to finish all the prerequisite courses for Pharmacy at City College, then transfer to one of the only two Colleges in downstate New York that offered a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy.  Those colleges were Long Island University and St.Johns University.  The tuition at both colleges was way too much for me.  I was a foreign student on an F-1 visa, and had limited funds. I was accepted to Long Island University School of Pharmacy in Brooklyn New York in 1992.  I spent only one year there.  I had to withdraw because my tuition arrears were doubling up on me.  I transferred back to the City College of New York to complete my degree in Chemistry.

While at the City College of New York I landed a job as a College Assistant in an Adult Degree program. While in that position I saw an ad for a full time position in the Office of Admissions.  The only requirement that I was unable to satisfy was the need for a Bachelor's degree.  I was just about four courses away from earning a degree in Chemistry and one course away from earning a degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences.  I opted for the latter.

I got my Bachelors degree at the City College of New York from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the spring of 1997.  I began working as the Admissions Coordinator at the Center for Worker Education at City College in the Summer of 1997. I worked there until December 2002.  I then got a position as the Assistant Director of Admissions at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in January 2003.  

As the Assistant Director of Admissions at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, part of my duties involve recruiting students to our College of Nursing and the College of Health Related Professions; and also to bring fresh ideas to the College.  We do offer on line courses in two of the Graduate Nursing Programs. These courses are offered via a blended approach. My goal is to revamp this Graduate Nursing Program with my newly gained knowledge of Online Distance learning and Adult Education.  The field of Nursing is soaring right now.  Currently at our college of Nursing we have to reduce the class size because of the lack of faculty to teach, using the traditional delivery of education.  The faculty teach Monday through Friday, 9.00 to 7.00 p.m.  Distance learning via the online delivery has no time barriers, and class size does not present a problem.  This is where I am going with my Graduate degree, which I hope to earn at the University of Phoenix in July 2005.

I am married for six years to my wonderful and supportive wife Arlene, who I met at College.  We have a five and a half year old son, Phoenix; who is four feet tall and weighs about 100lbs.  I believe that he is heading towards the NFL or a Shaq type center in the NBA.  I am six feet six inches tall.  I played basketball years ago.  I love watching it more now, than playing it because my 45 year old knees can no longer sustain 240lbs jumping up and down with them.  I also love a great game of American football.  I say American football because what America calls soccer, we call football.