Jonathan J Stotler was born on the Highveld of The Republic of South Africa. The child of missionaries to South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho, he grew up admiring,respecting, and loving the land and people of Africa, spending his formative years among several different people including the Venda, Zulu, Xhosa, andNdebele. He currently lives in Boonton, New Jersey and works in the field of Medical Education, but his heart is never far from Africa.