African-American; born & raised in Washington, DC; Product of the Public School System from the 1st-grade to college; Graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park, 1973, BS-Degree in Graphic Design. Graduated from the McKinley HS, Washington, DC, 1967 as Fine Arts Major in Studio Art. Started at the University of Maryland as a Fine Arts Major then switched to Graphic Design Major in my sophomore year. My Father was a printer all his adult life and I grew up literally in a print shop. There I learned much about printing and was where I earned my first bit of $$$...more