hiː wʌz ɹˈeɪzd ɪn wˈɛstɚn pˌɛnsɪlvˈeɪniə ænd ˈæftɚɹ ɐn ɐdˈʌlt lˈaɪf spˈɛnt mˈoʊstli ɪnðɪ ˌɛsˈɛf bˈeɪ ˈɛɹiə ænd ðə nɔːɹθwˈɛst, hiː dᵻvˈaɪdz hɪz tˈaɪm bᵻtwˌiːn ɹˈɑːli, ˌɛnsˈiː ænd ɹˈɪtʃmənd, kˈɑː.
He was raised in western Pennsylvania and after an adult life spent mostly in the SF Bay Area and the Northwest, he divides his time between Raleigh, NC and Richmond, CA.