I have made deadlines a career-long theme running through my varied and geographically-diverse history. Earning a B.S. in Journalism at Southern Illinois University in the late '80s, I moved North and began a long Ad Sales career with the preeminent weekly, "The Chicago Reader". In 2006 I moved to Oahu and eventually Maui and became an avid diver and marine videographer -selling DVDs to divers and tourists. A severe case of rock, or island fever came over me in 2012 and I made the decision to move to Boston to be close to siblings and settle in New England.