Dennis was born in Texas into a military family.  He has lived all over the US and attended university in Germany for a few years, then graduated from the University of Maryland in 1998 with a Bachelor's degree in Literature.  He completed his Master's (MEd) in Education and (PhD) in Psychology. He has taught all ages of students from kindergarten to university lectures.  Dennis has a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has taught martial arts since he was a teenager.  He also is a book narrator, having done children's and a self-help books available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.