In middle school I watched David Blaine's tv special 'Drowned Alive' where he tried to break the world record for holding his breath; I was mesmerized.  Afterwards I found an old Lance Burton magic set in a closet and started practicing in my room and putting on shows for my family.  Fortunately for my parents there was an actual brick and mortar magic shop around the corner from my dad's work where they could drop me off during summer and let me go crazy.  

The magicians in the shop were all older crusty men saying the most foul mouthed jokes I had ever heard in my life as a young teenager, but they really fostered a deep sense of passion for the craft in me. Bob Elliott was a regular at the magic shop and he was a real legend - he taught people like David Copperfield and Criss Angel - and he would just floor me.  Years later I met an old pitchman, Don Driver, on a magic forum who changed my life and would become my best friend over the years until he passed away.  He gifted me a straitjacket for my birthday one year and completely changed the trajectory of my life. I'm very fortunate to have had such great mentors who took the time to teach me and help me along my journey.

I perform whenever I can for friends and I love performing at Breweries around Los Angeles .  Last April I was able to perform an hour long show for 50 friends we had invited to a house party. 

I grew up in San Diego but went to New York for college.  After 2 east coast winters I decided to move back to Southern California to be closer to my family and to rejoin The Magic Castle.

The hardest magic trick I do is probably the finale of my street show where I do a straitjacket escape and name 6 cards people in the audience have looked at in the deck. It has a lot of moving parts and the hardest thing is making sure a kid hasn't run off with my bag of tips...

Holy grail trick?
I'm currently working on Houdini's Metamorphosis which would be a personal dream of mine to be able to share and perform.

The Metamorphosis or Substitution Trunk was invented by Houdini at age 17 as his first major illusion. Houdini first performed the trick with his early partners, Jacob Hyman and his brother Theo. When he married Bess Rahner in 1894, they performed the trick as a husband and wife act, The Houdinis.

In Metamorphosis, Houdini would have his hands tied, be roped into a sack, and then locked in a trunk. The trunk would be pushed into a curtain cabinet by Bess who would draw the curtains and clap her hands three times. Houdini would immediately appear free, and when the truck was opened, it would be Bess now sealed and tied in the sack. A coat borrowed from an audience member was also sometimes used, being placed on Houdini and then ending up on Bess.