I was born in Naples, Italy, and immigrated to the US at the age of 15. Lived in Los Angeles, Ca, for a dozen years, then moved to Northern California, where I spent the greater part of my life. Obtained a PhD in physics from the University of California at Davis and embarked on a 36-year career as a physicist in Silicon Valley

I also read a lot of history and philosophy and French and Spanish. I college I swam and played football and tennis.

Concurrently I engaged in various side gigs:

Making three babies

Teaching part time at Stanford and other universities in CA

Launching and running an Italian cultural and language institute

Importing and reselling European cars in CA (Ferraris, Porsches, Mercedes…)

Serving on the boards of several Italian organization in the Bay Area

Traveling in most European countries

SCUBA diving all along the Pacific Coast and skiing California’s Sierra Nevada

I moved to Florida in 2018