I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

I have earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of California at Santa Cruz and The Berklee College of Music in Boston, plus a master’s degree in digital music composition from the California State University at Northridge and a PhD in Music Composition from The University of California at Riverside. I’ve composed music in several styles for film, television and video games, and taught film scoring at the University of California, Riverside.