Founded Snakes-N-Scales and Turtle Tales, LLC in 1995, now the largest Animal Outreach Educational Organization in NJ.

Snakes-N-Scales comprises a collection of over 400 reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates, one of the largest in the surrounding states of NJ, NY, PA and CT.

Self taught Herpetologist. Studied in Florida, California, W. Virginia, Venezuela and New Jersey.

First Licensed New Jersey State Reptile Rehabilitator.

Founder/Director of the New Jersey Herpetological Rescue Society.

Passed Herpetological Consultant for Popcorn Park Zoo, Tenafly Nature Center, Schiff Nature Preserve, Camden Discovery Aquarium, Bergen County Zoo, Turtleback Zoo, Trailside Nature and Science Center, Weiss Ecology Center, and the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Volunteer consultant for Poison Control Hotline, for snake identification in the management of snake bites.

Author reptiles and amphibian section “Wildlife in Education:A Guide for the Care and Use of Program Animals”
NWRA pub. 2004

Author children’s picture book,” I Am Snake: A Story of Self-Discovery” pub. 2005

Regular guest on New Jersey News 12, TV program, "The Pet Stop."

Featured on the TV shows, "Wild About Animals", "The Consumer Guide Show", "Clifton Cable TV", and Fox News Magazine".

Zoo keeper, health technician and natural history teacher for the Newark Museum for 13 years.

Exotic animal specialist technician for the Plainfield Animal Hospital for 8 years.

Herpetological and Dinosaur/Paleontological book reviewer for American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Amateur Paleontologist, discoverer of outcrop, "Carnosaur Creek" and a Daspletosaurus vertebrae in Montana.