Michael was born April 20, 1953, in Whitier, California. He spent his formative years attending Saint Mary's in Whittier's uptown area. His family moved south into Orange County when he was 12, and there he discovered the freedoms of a public school education to be amazing gifts after the religious structure of a Catholic elementary school. Graduating from Placentia's El Dorado High School he then attended Cal State Fullerton. Becoming a fine arts model in the late 1990s, he learned to share ...[Read Story]