I'm a filmmaker who grew up in SoCal. My parents divorced when I was very young, so I am an only child. From early on, I've always loved telling stories to my friends, so I knew that telling stories was something I wanted to do, somehow...

I graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a degree in English and tried to make a go of it as a writer. But it was when I discovered theater that I thought I'd found my true calling. Here was way that I could tell stories that would make people laugh, and cry, and hopefully, understand something deep about themselves. This seemed like a much more exciting medium than just words on a page. I wrote some plays, and that led to some acting, which I liked so much that I figured I'd give it a shot as a career... So I moved to LA, and after a lot of auditions, a few callbacks and even less actual work, I began to realize that it was a tough way to make a living. Not to mention the rejection. I found myself at a crossroads, with no real direction, and it seemed like my dream to tell stories was evaporating before my eyes....

So I did what any starving, out of work, and disillusioned writer/actor would do... I maxed out a credit card and started travelling. I toured all over Europe, staying in hostels, or camping. I'd occasionally work an odd job here or there to get by, but I never needed much, just enough to get to the next destination. I saw things and experienced life in a way that I'd never before imagined, and the world began to look new and filled with endless possibilities. I didn't know it at the time, but my life was about to change dramatically...