Somehow I survived high school, and a semester in Gainesville at Santa Fe Community College before returning home to Pinellas County, out to the Seminole area. That's where I met my wife Katie. We went to SPJC together and I finished at USF in 1988. Then I worked in film/video production for about a year, before leaving to join my family's Import business. Did that for 6 years, then worked in Retail Management for a lot of years and now have settled into a great job with an extended-family, family owned business. Other than that, In-shore fishing is my passion.