People over sales. Every time.

I didn't choose this career from a brochure. I chose it because of what my family went through.

After a brutal divorce and fighting for full custody of my 15-year-old twins, my father passed away. He was a retired Local 138 Operating Engineer — a Teamster who had worked hard his whole life. But when Local 138 went bankrupt, he lost his retirement benefits. When he died, my sister and I had to fund his wake and cremation out of pocket.

That experience broke something in me — and then rebuilt it. I learned that more than 60% of Americans have no plan for their death. No policy. No protection. Just a family left to figure it out in the worst moment of their lives.

I made it my mission to change that — one family at a time. I'm grateful every day for my fiancée, whose love and support made it possible to raise our children in a blended family and build a practice grounded in something real. Family and faith give me the strength to show up for every client with everything I have.

I work with a 175-year mutual carrier — one of the oldest and most financially stable in the country. Every policy I place includes living benefits as a standard feature. And I'm one of the only agents in New York working with a carrier that covers foreign nationals. But none of that matters as much as this: I will always put people over sales.