For over thirty years Anthony C. Culpepper Jr. has served as a Mentor, Community Leader, Student Advocate, Educator and known affectionately as “Uncle Tony”.Anthony was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey where he was educated in the public school system from kindergarten to high school. He hails as a graduate of Central High School – “Blue Devil” ranking seventh in his class. This success is attributed to his participation in the Stevens Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) Upward Bound Project at Stevens Institute of Technology of which Anthony is a proud TRiO Alumni.
Anthony has been married to his loving wife Stephanie Coleman-Culpepper for over 31 years and prides himself on being surrounded by his lovely sister Dr. Deneen Washington, two nieces Shanice, Shakira and fourteen loving Godchildren, family and friends.
Upon graduating from high school, Anthony began a new journey in his life by entering Rutgers University with the intention of being a civil engineer. During his time at Rutgers, he was a very active student. Anthony was a Co-Founder of the Minority Engineering Education Task, member of the Paul Robeson Club, Co-Founder of the Black and Latino Orientation with David A. Perkins “RC 81” and Dean Fred Clark, and an active member of the Eta Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.a fall 1980 initiate. After many years of studying and working his way through college, in 1985 he graduated from Livingston College with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Africana Studies and minor in mathematics.