I started my career in 1984 in Columbus Ohio, USA as a technician fabricating orthotic and prosthetic devices. I attended Shelby State College in Memphis Tennessee from 1986-1988 and received my degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics. In 1991 I became an American Board Certified Othotist Prosthetist at the age of 21 on of the youngest ever in the USA. I moved throughout the United States. First in Columbus Ohio then Dallas Texas, then Phoenix Arizonia and Asheville North Carolina.