I have always loved history and family storytelling.  As a child, I sat riveted in my chair  as the elders told stories.  I truly enjoyed history and geography classes in elementary school.  So when I learned of my grandfather’s early 20th century original love letters, I begged my Aunt Annie for them.  Family members, including my mother, had read “Papa’s Letters” and simply enjoyed them.  The letters date back to the fall of 1913.  Read more

I was born in Brooklyn, New York. The beautiful borough of my birth has many distinct neighborhoods and amazing diversity that facilitated my solid growth and development. I grew up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, a block away from the important tree-lined thoroughfare, Eastern Parkway. As a young teen, I attended Brooklyn Technical High School as a communications major. Later, I went on to Brooklyn College and majored in Sociology and Urban Studies. From the age of 17,…..

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