Born in Bellevue, Washington, and raised in San Francisco, Ari now lives in Hollywood, CA. Ari graduated from San Francisco's Ruth Asawa School of the Arts attending the prestigious Musical Theatre program for four years. Ari's last year of high school, his musical theatre production of Young Frankenstein went on to win the Rita Moreno California High School Musical Theater Award for Best High School Musical production. Ari's first leading role as an actor was in the coming-of-age feature film, "Summer Sacrament", which premiered in September 2016, at the Latino Film Festival to a sold-out audience and voted as the Latino Film Festivals fan favorite. In late 2016, Ari received his first challenging role as a high school jock in the James Franco family produced the film, Metamorphosis Junior Year, which appeared in the Cinequest Film Festival. Ari is currently a college student slated to graduate with his BA in 2022.