I was born right outside of Philadelphia in Havertown, PA. I spent my high school years in Tampa, FL and went to college at Florida State University (FSU).

Growing up, I loved sports and played them all. As I got older, I focused more on football, swimming and karate. When I moved to Florida, I received my black belt in Tae Kwon Do and during my high school years began teaching the childrens class (not a bad first job!). The beginning of college was probably my loneliest time of my life. I didnt now where I was going, what to study or who to be. Sports werent satisfying me anymore, relationships were getting harder and complicated and my hope with life began to get jaded.

When I went to FSU, I experienced a revival of my faith. My conversion story has lots of drama (Here is the 5 cent version). I was always Irish, Democrat and Catholic. However, the Catholic part was probably the weakest link in my life during my high school and beginning college year. After meeting the brothers from the Brotherhood of Hope, I experienced the Lord Jesus in a new way that words fail to adequately describe. Life began to turn around from the inside out. Decisions werent necessarily easier, but I found the Lord and a community of Catholic students from the Catholic Student Union that loved me and who I could love back.

Now, Im a religious brother (which is a real long story as well- so I will spare you) but ask me sometime. My first assignment was Boston University, in which I served for 8 years and had a one year stint at University of Massachusetts. Im very excited about being at Rutgers and look forward to meeting as many students as I can.