This author was born in Ayden, North Carolina. Our family moved to Baltimore, Maryland in the 1950’s. I attended public schools in Baltimore and later attended Morgan State University where I received a B.S. degree in Community Mental Services. I married my high school sweetheart and we’ve been together for more than forty-five years. We have two wonderful sons who were lucky enough to marry the women of their dreams. We’re a close-knit multi-cultural family and I’m looking forward to the future.