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I was born in New York, New York on
February 11, 1969. I was raised in the Big Apple and its New Jersey
suburbs (in Matawan and Marlboro, both in Monmouth County). I went to high school in New York City at The Searing School on West 23rd Street
in Manhattan. I moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, to attend Clark University where I
majored in psychology and tripled minored in education, business management, and
criminal justice. During college, I taught eighth grade in a local
parochial school.
After college, I moved to our nation's
capitol to attend The George Washington University where I earned both a law degree and a
masters in forensic science. During my time in D.C., I worked for several
law firms, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and St. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
In 1993, I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. I worked in the
federal court system in Phoenix, Arizona, as the judicial law clerk to The Honorable
Stephen M. McNamee, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona. I also
taught the law-related components of an interdisciplinary justice studies program at
Arizona State University's School of Justice Studies from 1993-1997. While teaching there,
I earned a Ph.D. in Justice Studies from ASU and practiced law part-time, specializing in
criminal law and estate planning. Upon completion of my doctorate, I began working as an assistant professor of law and
justice at The College of New Jersey ("TCNJ") in Ewing, N.J. I was tenured
and promoted to the rank of associate professor of in 2001. In January of 2007,
I was promoted to the rank of Professor of Law, Criminology, and
Justice Studies at TCNJ. In the summer of 2007, I resigned from TCNJ and
accepted an appointment as a Professor in and Chair of the Department of
Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach.
I
am partnered with Kyle
Kelley, an Arizona Native. For nearly ten
years, he worked as an
electronics technician for Rockford-Fosgate Corporation in Tempe, Arizona and
the Alpine Electronics in Torrence, CA.
But he is now back in school working on another degree in electrical engineering.
He is scheduled to graduate in June of 2010.
My mother, Diana Dressel Fradella, is
retired and resides in North Scottsdale, AZ. She was a
special education teacher in Old Bridge, New Jersey for most of her professional
career. My father, Anthony Peter Fradella,
retired from being a senior vice-president with United States Trust Company of New York
in 2006. He
resides with my mother in Arizona. My sister, Camille Cordeiro, is an artist who worked for A.M. Best Company in their in-house publishing
department until December of 1997 when she and her husband, Steve Cordeiro, became the
proud parents of my niece, Juliana Marie Cordeiro. They had their second child,
Vincent Salvatore Cordeiro, in September of 2001. She is now an admissions
and financial aid account representative for the Art Institute of Phoenix.
She and her family live in Anthem, AZ.
My brother, Anthony Michael Fradella, is a
graduate of Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County, New Jersey and of
The CHUBB Institute. He is currently works in pharmaceutical sales in
Scottsdale, AZ.
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