I had a pretty bad time with my blood relatives, so nothing comes to mind.

To just sit and read, to meditate, to write, to contemplate.

I already have three tattoos, each related to my Jewishness.

Moving to Philadelphia and beginning studies at Temple University. Temple was the incubator where I was reborn, from being a defenseless country kid to a citified, mature man.

I would say, “Don’t worry about what people say about you. Love and value yourself. You don’t need them in your life. Get out of that situation as fast as possible.”

Humility helps, knowing that you don’t know everything, and delegating jobs to people who know about it.

I’m here, haters!

That would be Fred Stefon, an associate professor at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. He saw potential in me that I didn’t know I had. I have another mentor, Harry Hyde Jr., who helped me get my feet wet in community activism.

Pretty much so. Since last year, I had my rough spots, but I had some serious blessings I’m grateful for.

I just finished on-line acting classes from Aikan Performing Arts, and I did pretty well. I will take more starting the New Year.