Living a life with epilepsy, my goal in life is to inspire other epileptics that they cannot allow their neurological disorder prevent them from reaching their goals. We all have desires in life we want to achieve in life. My career goals have now gone down the drain because of my epilepsy, and now I am on a mission to make the unpredictable, predictable. Things that one may not even consider doing unless they learn how to take initiative. 
Thanks to my epilepsy, I am now a self-published author. I have written and published books about my life with epilepsy. My second book, The Epileptic Culinarian, is an autobiography I wrote about my life as a culinarian. I share what inspired me to become a culinarian, Chefs who have influenced my life in a positive direction, college opportunities, work history, and so much more. My experience as the Epileptic Culinarian is one that you're not going to hear from other culinarians who live with this neurological disorder.

Epilepsy The Darkness of My Life is book one of my three-book series: The Epileptic Trilogy. The inside story of how my epilepsy came to be. I reveal the reality of living life as an epileptic. All of the hidden details, unknown to others about what living a life with epilepsy is like.

​The Epileptic Cadet is the third and final book of my series. A memoir about serving as a cadet in the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. Four years of unforgettable high school memories that I share, and when epilepsy interfered in my life. A book where I reveal how one with a disability can exceed expectations and raise the bar that others cannot reach.
These pictures are what might be, a once in a lifetime opportunity I've had as the Epileptic Culinarian. I took the initiative, and with my hard work and commitment, I made something unique happen. After making the arrangements with his management team, I had the opportunity to set up a personal meet and greet with my favorite Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto! Iron Chef Morimoto has always been one of the greatest chefs who inspired me to become the Epileptic Culinarian. First captivated by his style of cooking on the original television program, Iron Chef Japan. His style of cooking on the program, infusing western and Asian styles of cooking, amazed me.

It was not only an opportunity to meet my favorite Iron Chef. It was the opportunity to prepare my desserts for him too! For the day of the meet and greet, I prepared two 4-inch round pieces of Japanese Cheesecake and eight pieces of my Hawaiian Butter Mochi. My breath was taken away when I saw him in the distance before he approached me. The meeting was brief, but it is one I will never forget. I hope that an opportunity like this will happen again, to share my desserts with Chef Morimoto.

    It's not easy as one might think when living a life with epilepsy. Everything a person with epilepsy does must be done proceeded with caution. It is unknown when a seizure may strike. After experiencing discrimination in the workforce, I do my best to train myself at home. I take whatever education and work experience I have and apply it to the best of my ability.

    Do you have a question to ask? Do you want to know more about the impact epilepsy has had on my life as a Culinarian? Contact me by filling out the form below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you.
They are unique, maestros who manipulate
 ingredients to invent and create new experiences.
They evoke passion and pleasure
and delight the senses.
 
They are artists, magicians and demigods;
the masters of their domain.
They inspire and motivate,
and give nourishment to the body and soul…
 
…They Are Chefs!
 
To Master their art is an undertaking.
To join their ranks, an honor.