After graduating from college as the highest-ranked student in my program, Mathematics, I served four years in the US Air Force. My duties in the Special Weapons program required me to obtain, and retain, a Top Secret clearance. I received an Honorable discharge.

I began my teaching career in New Jersey, where I was selected by the Life Insurance Industries of New Jersey to participate in an advanced math seminar at Rutgers University. Later, when I was teaching in Connecticut, I was se...