I joined Tae Kwon Do on July 11, 1992. At that time I was 22 years old and my job was collecting on delinquent loans and repossessing cars. After several incidents of being confronted at restaurants, getting yelled at, and chased out of shopping malls, I decided to learn some self defense. Achieving my black belt in 2000, I opened a Tae Kwon Do school in Atkinson, IL. In 2006 I relocated my school to Rock Island, IL and taught until 2017. After surviving Breast Cancer in 2018, I am now the proud owner of QC Dance & Defense located in Milan, IL.