Breaking an "institutional color barrier" and being raised in one of the biggest orphanages in the U.S., from the age of 4 to 17, during the civil rights movement, as proven to be a defining American experience. As an adult, I worked in research science and business marketing fields before becoming a social and environmental advocate; producing influential multimedia campaigns on a broad spectrum of issues; most notably coining the term "NO BLOOD FOR OIL", producing a 'headliner' expose on illegal dumping and the international waste trade and pioneering the use of "MTV video editing" techniques in "issue videos" Rebel Green and Greenpeace on Earth. At present I produce multimedia websites such as www.GeoTourism.tv, www.Towncrier.tv, SmoothAge.com and ArtFair.tv, to name a few. I am a single father of 2 college age daughters, and recently moved to Los Angeles, from a small mountain communty, to re-invent 'me' for the second half of this sporting event called LIFE!! A more complete bio is online at: http://www.artfair.tv/business/claude/