I was born on February 4, 1979. I attended elementary school at Our Lady of the Hamptons Regional Catholic School in Southampton, NY and then went to high school at Hampton Bays High School. I graduated in three years and ended up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I was a management science major. After working at Harvard Business School Publishing, I returned to MIT where I am an undergraduate admissions officer.

My family is in Hampton Bays, NY. My dad is a postal worker. My mom is a certified medical assistant at Hamptons Gynecology & Obstetrics. My brother is a sophomore at Villanova University, after graduating from Hampton Bays High School, where he was an All-County third baseman and captain for the varsity baseball team, as well as two time Suffolk County League VI Wrestling Champion.