Dave was educated at the Foreman Center and the Mary Cariola Children's Center and was an active participant for 40 years in many workshops for the disabled at the ARC of Monroe, including the Al Sigl Center, the Clinton Ave. Workshop, Mustard St. Workshop, Lyell Ave. Workshop and the Ballantyne day program. He was also a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph's Church and attended religious continuing education for the disabled that his mother had founded.