Daniel Decastro Email & Phone Number

I'm a graduate of Queensboro Community College's Music Technology A.A.S. program, Music Fine Arts A.S. program, NYU's Music Composition B.A. and M.A. programs, and Columbia University Teacher's College Teaching Students with Disabilities 7-12 M.A. program. I've secured a full scholarship to Columbia University, secured half scholarships for my B.A. and M.A. studies at NYU, and partial scholarships to Queensboro Community College. I'm a hobbyist video game music composer, private instructor, and the son of the owners of Casa Del Bianco, Fine Linens on Lexington Avenue and 65th Street in NYC, specialists of custom luxury linens established in the year 2000 and running 22 years strong. I'm the father of an 11 year old boy on the autism spectrum and have successfully brought out his gift of perfect pitch. I also currently work at PC Richard and Son as a sales specialist in designer appliances and manager in training. My past experience includes 5 years as a Special Educator for both the NYC DOE and the Freeport Union-Free school district, 2 years as a manager for Gamestop, and a combined 6 years of experience in Operations for Toys R Us, Frette Fine Linens NYC, and Bellora Fine Linens.I minored in philosophy throughout the extent of my studies, and intend to combine it with my experience to promote awareness of the dangers of belief in free will, how it has impacted our collective sense of morality/ political sensibilities, and promote scientific understanding to challenge and hopefully defeat Postmodernism's grip on academia via bringing awareness to the philosophy of determinism and it's cutting edge/progressive implications. I'm also working to develop a spectrum-based framework for human sexual behavior and the health benefits involved, particularly with a focus on the implications of Ethical Non-monogamy. I am actively looking for interested research partners to combine philosophy with qualitative and quantitative data to help promote a successful and ethically mindful approach to this venture. My personal life experience includes overcoming a very difficult and violent street life during my teenage years that translates well into mentorship and role modeling for today's underserved communies and youth. My story should inspire and be an example of how to overcome great odds.I seek secularists, humanists, scientifically informed, free-spirited, and open-minded individuals, preferably with a penchant for determinism, empiricism, history, philosophy, science, and freethought, to collaborate with on any pursuits we might share in common.