Degrees: ABD in Public Affairs with an emphasis in Public Finance from the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs – Indiana University, Bloomington. Bachelor's in Economics with a Minor in Mathematics from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Experience: Outside of public finance research, I have worked for more than a decade in nonprofit accounting.

Favorite Quote: "I knew him before the butter dripped off his noodle" in the liner notes of Madonna’s 1984 album Like a Virgin.

Hobbies: Program Engineer for WFHB’s Bring It On!; Finance Coordinator for Safe Haven Project. When not engaged in volunteer work, I dabble in gardening.

Did you know?:  I have read the Aeneid twice, along with a significant portion of Virgil’s Eclogues and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in Latin.