I was born and raised in NYC. I've lived in Japan, Taiwan, and Minnesota. 

I am a father, a teacher, a Montessorian, a son, a husband, a writer of stories for children, an improviser, a game player (mainly chess and team sports but also video games), a comic book reader, a New York Jew, a linguist (I Speak japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and English) and above all, a student. I’m always learning something new and this website is how I share that information with my students and the world.