Complex sentence: Born in Miami Beach, Florida, Rothenberg received his BA in English at UNC-Chapel Hill he moved to California in 1976, where he began "Shelldance Nursery", an orchid and bromeliad nursery.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Miami Beach, Florida, Rothenberg received his BA in English at UNC-Chapel Hill. Afterward, he moved to California in 1976, where he began "Shelldance Nursery", an orchid and bromeliad nursery.