Born in Portland, Maine; First few years lived on Sebago Lake year-round, (in Raymond ... my childhood house was bought by Dave Cowens, by the way); Raised in Gorham, ME; Went to school there until high school, then North Yarmouth Academy Prep School 9-12; then colleges and graduate schools in Worcester, Cambridge, and Boston, MA, Rhode Island, and North Carolina; Internships/Residencies in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Florida and New York City; Back to Portland, Cape Elizabeth, and eventually full-circle to Gorham, ME, where I live now.