Ari is a Professor at The Community College of Philadelphia where he teaches classes designed to enhance empathy levels; he also provides all sorts of information his students would prefer not to know, but should know, such as the fact that almost all coffee originates from beans collected from children forced to labor on plantations (way to go Starbucks!)


He is also a highly talented dog-walker for rescues looking for homes, a passionate volunteer at food distribution centers, and a person with a megaphone who likes to shout random compliments to people walking in Center City.

In addition, Ari is an activist for human rights and for animal welfare ... he has led many marches in Philadelphia and has also collected hundreds of pounds of cat food for the kitties in local animal shelters. He is a published poet, short story writer, and essayist ... but he quit writing altogether because Ari felt it was becoming a bad habit. Ari is also a recent film maker who has starred in a short movie about himself (so selfish!) and he once worked with the IRC as a volunteer house manager who forgot to collect money from ticket sales; working for IRC again seems doubtful due to loss in revenue.


Recently, Ari was an independent presidential candidate in 2020, and he is now eyeing another run for public office, but is unlikely to ever win since he accidentally started a rumor that Steve Martin had passed away this summer via a tweet reply that went viral (but Steve Martin did tweet Ari back which is awesome!)

Ari lives in the city with his drop-dead gorgeous wife Kirsten Quinn, two cats that like to sleep on his belly, and himself of course.