Born and raised in Philadelphia, I am the fourth of six children. After completing Catholic grade school and high school, I studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Rutgers University where I received my Bachelor's degree in Art. Upon graduation, I experienced a renewal of my relationship with the Church and the Lord Jesus through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This eventually led me to membership in the Brotherhood of Hope, a new religious community of brothers.

As a religious, I have served as campus minister at Seton Hall University and at Pensacola Catholic High School in Florida. I received a Master's Degree in Biblical Theology from Seton Hall School of Theology and a Diploma in Spirituality from the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. Before coming to Rutgers I was Director of the Catholic Center at Northeastern University in Boston. I am beginning my sixth year at Rutgers University.