Ray is a life long student. He currently has 5 degrees and is working on his second doctorate. Ray is a DC metro area universtity professor teaching at 2 area universities and 1 community college. He is also an actor, visual artist, interpreter in the deaf community, holistic life coach, martial artist, mentor, performer, author, workshop facilitator, and the founder and president of B.E.L.I.E.V.E. (an ASL performing arts company) and P.H.O.E.N.I.X. inst. (facility for empowerment training