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William Michael Barbee, a Newark native, was educated in the Newark Public School system attending Arts High School and graduated in 1984. He later attended Jersey City State University majoring in Biology with a minor in Fine Arts, and Rutgers University, graduating with a Degree in Business Management in 1997. He fulfilled one of his childhood dreams of graduating from the McAllister Institute/American Academy of Mortuary Science as Vice President of his graduating class of 2003 in New York City, New York. In Addition to being an entrepreneur, William Michael is an independent filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, songwriter, composer, fine artist and published author. He wrote the book Clipped Wings They Do Fly as a semi-autobiographical sketch of his life in which has now been turned into a full feature film.
