I was born into a military family, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I graduated with a BA in English from the University of California, Riverside. After serving in the Army, I returned to the University to complete my graduate education. There, I immersed myself not only in the educational opportunities presented by the University, but in teaching and in the extra-curricular opportunities presented by my involvement in the poetry scene on campus. I wrote my PhD dissertation on William Carlos Williams. After testing the educational job market, I embarked on a career as a technical editor, writer, proposal specialist and manager in industry. I have published poetry in print and on-line literary magazines across the U. S. and overseas. My poems have been published in Green's Magazine, The Kansas Quarterly, The Literary Review, The Spoon River Quarterly, The Pacific Review, Perigee, Cordite, etc. My chapbook, Approaching Poetry, was published in 2017.