When telling stories, Alton is in constant motion.
His hands and body never stay still as he flows from story to story, embodying each character with their own voice, unique body movements, animated facial expressions, and graceful gestures. He becomes the characters in his stories and effortlessly morphing from one to another in seamlessly cavalcade of expression, emotion, and substance. He breathes life into any tale he tells making them come alive and dance, creating a full and rich experience--a feast for the eyes and ears.

Alton received a BA in Zoology (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Washington and an MS in Oceanography and an MBA from Oregon State University. He has rafted the Zambezi River, visited the remote Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and has been tossed about in aboard research vessels in the Gulf of Alaska. He has gone on safari into the Okavango Delta in Botswana, worked in Turkey, and journeyed into the Australian Outback. Wherever his travels have taken him, he has collected stories.

He also has designed lighting for plays and musicals and is the Technical Director of a small theater company in Portland, OR. He has also trained to become a massage therapist, is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, and has been adopted into the tribe of the White Clay People of North Central Montana (Gros Ventre).