I was born in New Jersey in 1950 and have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. I live in Bethesda, Maryland and work in a hospital in this city.

I am a citizen of both the United States and Italy. I have built a small house, called Casale, in [[Valle San Giovanni]], a suburb (frazione) of the city of [[Teramo]] in Italy's [[Abruzzo]] region. I return there fairly often for visits.

I am working with a kind gentleman from Teramo, Lucio De Marcellis, on Wikipedia articles for Teramo and its surrounding communes. Part of this work involves translating information from Italian to English.

I am very interested in the Abruzzo Region of Italy in general and, more particularly, the province of Teramo.

I also enjoy contributing to the [[Wikitravel:User:Ulissi|Wikitravel:Ulissi]] site.

My external links include the following:
*Casale in Abruzzo
*Ulissi Family
*Valle San Giovanni
*Valle San Giovanni
*Valle San Giovanni
*Frondarola
*Self Catering