Born in NYC, raised by a single mother, Cicero Salmon III did not originally understand the value of education. With the push of his mother and a program called Prep for Prep 9, Cicero was able to focus and thus enter The Lawrenceville School, a boarding high school in NJ. He then matriculated to Lehigh University where he graduated with a dual degree BA English, BS Marketing. Upon graduating Cicero passed his Series 7 but soon decided to move away from finance and into sales and marketing. After several years in telecommunication sales he moved to California in an attempt to begin his own company with a friend. It did not work, and so Cicero went back into telecommunications. With an interest to work with kids Cicero took on part time teaching assignments with The Princeton Review. Overall, Cicero has been with The Princeton Review in multiple capacities, which is where he is currently employed.