Rich Cruz
I spent the first 5 years of my life in the splendor of south jersey known as Toms River. My family then moved south to the “liberal” capital of the world: Englewood, FL. Known for its plethora of gas stations and banks, my only true escape from the doldrums of that small, elderly town was to do what most kids in the town did: play football (although, to be fair, mudding is also what “they” do). From age 8 through my senior year in high school, I spent my falls playing the great American sport.
Towards the end of my junior year, I realized that football, along with my academic inclination, was my ticket to get the heck out of dodge and be closer to the Big Apple. Alas, a car accident one week before I was supposed to leave college changed all that and my dreams of playing football in college came to an end. Not to be stopped, I enrolled at good ol’ USF (University of South Florida), home of the Bulls (not to mention the only team to beat Louisville in football this year). Whilst there, I majored in accounting, figuring it to be the perfect fallback degree.
Upon graduation, I moved to the Garden State for 6 months and stayed with relatives while I found a job (Chelsea Pictures in November of 2003) and earned enough money to get an apartment. Then, in March of 2004, I moved to the UWS, and fulfilled my dream of living in New York City. I’ve now started a new life with an entirely new set of friends to whom I am affectionately known to as Alejandro.
January 2007 saw me begin a new job at Campfire with Adam “Princess” Roe, Charles “Chuck” Swail, Jenn “Audi” Mann, and others whose nicknames are as of yet to be determined.
*Nicknames are subject to change solely at my discretion.
