Author Louis Mazzullo has more than 30 years of experience in education (M.A., Special Education, Teachers College, Columbia University) coupled with an eclectic background in the classics (Regis High School, NYC), literature and philosophy (B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley) and psychotherapy (graduate, Washington Square Institute, NYC). His most recent position in education was district-wide education evaluator and Test Coordinator in a special education setting. He is certified in New York State to teach mathematics (grades 7-12), elementary education (K-6) and special education, to serve as school administrator and supervisor, and to practice psychotherapy. Mazzullo is married, with three children–two of whom, as well as his wife, are teachers. He lives in Yonkers N.Y., and has a beach house in North Carolina where he does a lot of his writing.