The author is a native of Alabama where he now lives and teaches locally in the humanities. He earned his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Microbiology from Auburn University and his Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from the divinity school at Yale University. Ordained to the gospel ministry by the First Baptist Church of Milford, Connecticut, he has taught Environmental Science and worked as a Tutor and Mentor in the New Haven Public School system and more recently has worked as a financial advisor and founded a non-profit in California.