Introducing
Here's the story of this 5'3 dude in your department.
I'm a native Los Angeleno.
I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Psychology and emphasis on its Social and Cultural divisions.
Immediately after graduating I became a teacher at Bishop Montogomery High School in Torrance, CA. My students were a joy and teaching was exciting but I yearned for something else.
I had something of a catharsis while studying chemistry in prep for applying to graduate school in Genetic Counseling. I decided to enter the video games industry.
I took a job in retail only to be mocked by my former students. One day, thankfully not too long after I started, I obtained a job as a QA tester for a major video game publisher where I worked on several PC and console titles. Including the soon to be the 2005 Game of the Year: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus.
Thankfully, the Interactive Media Deparment at USC rescued me from what could have been major career burnout. And I couldn't be happier.
I enjoy NPR, cooking, surfing, Batman, Medical Anthropology journals, Biology, camping, writing progressive video game reviews sarcastically reeming people under my breath and of course: interactive entertainment software!
I look forward to working with all of you for the next three years!