A native of Yonkers NY, Scott earned a BA in English from SUNY Cortland in 1983.Scott is also co-founder of "Shane's Inspiration", a non-profit organization dedicated to building fully-inclusive playgrounds, where kids of ALL abilities can play. Created in memory of Scott and his wife Catherine's son Shane, Shane's Inspiration currently boasts over 70 playgrounds (and counting) worldwide, while also providing educational programs to promote inclusion, compassion and kindness. Scott also serves on the advisory board at weSpark, a Los Angeles non-profit offering free services to cancer patients, survivors and their families. weSpark.orgScott lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their daughter.