Before immigrating to the United States in 1998, the author had worked as a teacher, college professor, civil servant, and journalist and news anchor in Nigeria. In 2008, he retired from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey as a Member Services Coordinator, after about ten years of service. He is a product of three continents, having worked and studied in various institutions and traveled widely in Africa, Europe and America. He holds a Ph.D. in Languages and an M.B.A., and was honored by the Nigeria Union of Journalists in 1984 as ‘The Best Broadcaster of the Year’.