Tony is a physical therapist who lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA. Tony remains an avid surfer, snowboarder, and writes in his spare time. 5150 A Manic Depressive Adventure is his first full lengt...view moreTony is a physical therapist who lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA. Tony remains an avid surfer, snowboarder, and writes in his spare time. 5150 A Manic Depressive Adventure is his first full length book, but his pieces have appeared in Genesis Magazine, The Catamaran Literary Reader, and The Santa Cruz Sentinel. He has begun working on his second memoir, Finding Jessica, the story of how he recovered from his mental health crisis and reunited with his daughter after a ten-year estrangement. Although Tony enjoys clinical practice, his intention is to retire from physical therapy in order to write full time.
Tony is also an accomplished speaker. He has participated in high school outreach programs in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, and in 2019 he presented the keynote address during the closing ceremony of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Out of the Darkness Overnight in San Francisco.view less