Early Years
Veingrad was born in Brooklyn and lived in New Jersey from ages 3 to 9, before moving to Miami. He attended Miami Sunset High School, and grew up in a Jewish household, but never embraced religion until a later point in his life. In high school he participated in football and track and field (discus, shot put).
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