• Born, raised and educated in the Los Angeles area
• Four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Era, 1967 – 1971; worked as a Ground Radio Repairman, primarily at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA and Okinawa, Japan
• Attended Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, 1974; one semester studying Mexican liberal arts
• Obtained bachelors and masters degrees in engineering: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA (1973) and Cal State, Northridge, CA (1975), respectively
• Worked in engineering as a civilian for the U.S. Navy, 1974 – 1992
• While working during the day in engineering, taught mathematics at night at Oxnard Community College, Oxnard, CA
• Full-time, tenured Professor of Mathematics at Oxnard Community College, 1992 – 2008
• Obtained Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Oxnard College, 2003
• Part-time Professor Emeritus (retired) of Mathematics, Oxnard College, 2008 - present
• Began Real World Projects, 2009, as a sole proprietor business, in cooperation with the Shaklee Corporation, based in Pleasanton, CA
• I have one adult daughter and two grandsons.  I also have two adult stepsons.
• I live in Port Hueneme, CA, next to Oxnard, CA, which is about an hour north of Los Angeles on the coast.

Life is good!