I am originally from West Valley, NY which is in western New York state, south of Buffalo.    I earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Alfred University, then I moved to Columbia, South Carolina and completed my MS degree at the University of South Carolina in Statistics. 

I worked for a pharmaceutical company as a research statistician in NJ and then moved to Olean, NY.  I taught Business Statistics for 5 years at St. Bonaventure University.  While at St. Bonaventure University, I was the registrar and MBA director.  After that, I went to Jamestown Community College as the Dean of Research and Planning.  I retired from Jamestown Community College and moved to Florida for the winters.  Summers are spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina