Georgia native, William Temples, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991 from the Savannah College of Art and Design where he specialized in illustration. In 1999, Temples was awarded the Masters of Science degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where his studies focused on health science and exercise physiology. His education also includes a comprehensive study of the Argentine Tango dance. Temples attended classes at Escuela Del Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Casa Del Tango in La Plata, Argentina, and Passion for Tango: School of Argentine Tango in Charlotte, North Carolina. Currently at home in Charlotte, Temples teaches health science at Central Piedmont Community College and the Carolina College of Health Science. Blending his education in art and human performance, he teaches Argentine Tango, with his wife, Buenos Aires native Mariana De Luca. Temples also works as a professional artist; his illustrations have been published internationally and his paintings have attracted a global audience.