Mike Birnbaum is in his tenth year of teaching, second at Argyle. Born and raised in the great city of Philadelphia, Birnbaum earned his undergraduate degree at Penn State University and his master's degree at Emerson College in Boston. Birnbaum began his professional career at CNN in Atlanta, where he worked as a news writer. He then spent five years working as an Account Executive with various public relations firms in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Tulsa. Birnbaum has lived in Texas for 11 years now, but remains a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan.  :-)