I currently live just outside of Los Angeles in Manhattan Beach, California. My family and I moved here about five years ago. Originally, I am from Atlanta, Georgia. Outside of sleep science, I have quite a few hobbies that keep me busy. My son and I have gotten really into performance driving, going to tracks around the world to race cars together (my son is 19). Not only do we race cars, but we also collect them. We collect toy Hot Wheels, specifically 1968 vintage Hot Wheels. We go to swap meets, conventions, you name it. I also enjoy traveling internationally with my daughter who is 17. I’ve been fortunate that my job has allowed me to travel around the globe and make work trips into cultural experiences with her in particular. On our last trip to Asia, she really enjoyed the culture and eventually decided to study abroad. Outside of that, my wife keeps trying to get me to play tennis, but I’m more of a runner, and spin guy. As for how I got into sleep science, it actually wasn’t planned. I had just gotten my PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia and was interested in sports psychology, teaching athletes how to throw better, run faster, etc. At the end of the program, you apply to a residency (similar to medical school), and the best program in the country for sports psychology was at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Unfortunately for me, they accepted mostly Ivy league grads, but I didn’t let that deter me. University of Mississippi also offered a specialized track for sleep and I had worked my way through grad school as an electrophysiology tech, so as it turns out, I already knew how to work the sleep machines! My plan was to get admitted to the sleep program and then transfer into sports psychology. I applied to the sleep program, got accepted, but had to stay in the sleep program for six months before I could transfer. By day three of the sleep program, I had absolutely fallen in love with clinical sleep medicine and knew I would never do anything else in my life.