The Core of My Hidden Face

up in Skokie, Illinois, and graduated from Niles North

High School in 1969. He attended Triton College, and

earned his B.A. in English from Southern Illinois

University in Carbondale, Illinois.

In 1982,he married the love of his life, Marie

Heraver. Jeff met Marie while working at Kiley Center

in Waukegan, Illinois. It was love at first sight for

Jeff. Marie was always pretty, but according to Jeff,

Marie grows more beautiful with each passing day.

Jeff worked as a leader in the Social Services field

for over 25 years. He loves helping others. He was a

Child Protective Investigator for the State of

Illinois from 1986-1988. Those years were the two most

intense heartbreaking years of Jeff's life.

Jeff is a student of The Holocaust. He is an

accomplished poet, and has written many poems about

The Holocaust. Jeff tries to imagine what life was

like in a Nazi Death Camp, and he writes haunting

poems from a victim's point of view.

In 1993, Jeff and Marie moved from Arlington Heights,

Illinois to Loveland, Colorado. He lives happily near

the majestic rocky mountains with Marie, and their dog

Carly. Jeff has worked as a Volunteer Coordinator for Volunteers of America from 2000-2007. He is currently writing a children's book.