User:Rob Hoey

I was born January 27, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York and still live here with my wife, Thasneem, and have come full circle to the neighborhood I grew up in after the age of eight. In fact, I live across the street from the school I attended from fourth to sixth grades. Of course, a few significant changes have taken place since I played stickball in the schoolyard--there is a new building extension attached to the school where I hit several home runs, and the neighborhood is no longer Irish-Italian-Jewish-blue-collar working class, but a blend of many cultures. Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Mexican and many other groups have come to Brooklyn looking for a better life, and I love the diversity they bring. If you've done the math, you see how old I am. What I've learned in my spins around the sun is that one never stops growing if one embraces growth. I have worked as a psychotherapist and then as a manager and supervisor of psychotherapist. I am now moving in a totally different direction at the end of my working career and will do my best to see that it goes well for me. I have just recently received my real estate license and will be working for a large local company. Perhaps Grandma Moses inspired me.