M.E. Champey was born in Smithtown, New York. He attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut where he studied History. He then moved to Burbank, California and studied film and animation. After California, he returned to New York and studied Art and Biochemistry at Suffolk County Community College in New York. He then studied medicine at Saba University School of Medicine. He currently teaches English as a Second Language to international students from all around the world.