After occupying a multitude of roles, which included slinging lattes or serving up pints of beer and bussing tables, Anthony moved from the Los Angeles area to San Francisco in 2003. Since then, he's worked various temp jobs, taken classes at City College, and eventually began coordinating candidate interviews as a recruiting professional which somehow led to processing invoices as a billing administrator at a successful economic consulting firm in the Financial District. Being overwhelmed by a resurgence of his passion for art and creating things, he was compelled to leave his job to pursue a degree in illustration at the Academy of Art University in hopes of meeting other artistic types to discover his true path and follow his dreams.