What got me into acting? Maybe it was seeing Elizabeth Taylor in CLEOPATRA and pretending I was her on the funeral pyre. Or maybe it was watching THE SOUND OF MUSIC thinking I was one of the Von Trapp children. Or maybe it was the moment when Aunt Jerry took me to NYC to see THE ME NOBODY KNOWS at the Orpheum Theatre, starring a very young Irene Cara. I performed in lots of high school productions and a handful in college. In high school, I wanted the role of Tevye, but got Motel. I was very heavy, and didn’t think the two of us should look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, so I lost more than 30 pounds for the production.

But following in my parent’s footsteps (Dad was a CPA, and Mom was a nurse), I was pre-med in college with a major in Mathematics and Chemistry. Since I didn’t get into med school, I moved to NYC to get my MBA at NYU in Marketing and Accounting.

I was fortunate to spend my business career in the entertainment industry – Sesame Workshop, NBC and the Today Show, Circle in the Square, NYSCA, MTC (the year AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' won the Tony), and the NYSF. For almost 20 years, I was the Project Director of the Today Show’s Toy Drive, raising more than $450 million around the country in toys and gifts for children and producing segments for the show. While at NBC, I got the job of a lifetime, especially for a theatre enthusiast. I managed NBC’s Corporate Contributions to Theatre. I traveled around the country evaluating and donating to non-profit theatres. Every day was better than the previous one.

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When I am not acting, you can find me crying at commercials, playing the slots in AC (also sometimes crying), trying unsuccessfully to guess a color, cooking some healthy food or happily ordering and reheating take-out.