- First mentor was John Oliver Killens.
- Second mentor was Gene Davis.
- Wrote for Happily Ever After for HBO.
- Lived on Mount Morris Park in Harlem for six years.
- Lived in Las Feliz section of Los Angeles for seven years.
- Drove across country for the first (and only) time in 2006.
- First love was Jinni Rock-Bailey.
- Went to Rio for research for a project.
- Favorite band in college was Osibisa.
- Performed with African drum and dance group in college.
- Went to Paris for Honeymoon (best thing about the marriage).
- Had Bermudian surrogate grandparents (Edward and Jennie Simons).
- Favorite screenwriters are William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan.
- Wrote first play (a one act) which was staged at DC Black Rep.
- Huge acappella fan.
- Teaches at Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus). Loves teaching.
- Former NYC Teaching Fellow.
- Judges acappella competitions.
- Wrote for SPAWN for HBO.
- Moved to NYC in 1981.
- Started writing (poetry) in college.
- Graduated from Asbury Park High School (which he hated).
- Graduated from Howard University (which he loved).
- Regrets not marrying Amparo "Chigui" Santiago.
- Co-produced first ever all acappela TV special (for PBS and the BBC).
- Is based in New York to be close to his son who is autistic (his only child).
- Loved to travel to Guatemala (three times).
- Father was an oral surgeon and a 20-year Air Force Vet.
- Learned to swim in the ocean in Asbury Park New Jersey.
- Born in Neptune, New Jersey.
- Wrote first full length play (JONIN") right after college; JONIN' was produced by Joseph Papp at Public Theater NYC.
- Has one half, and two stepsisters who all live in California.
- Raised by single mother who was a social worker.
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