Early Life, Family and Training Marcus Jansen was born in 1968 in Manhattan, shaped by a lineage that spanned continents. He is the child of a West Indian mother and a German father, a background that meant his formative years were split between the energy of New York City and the structured life of Mönchengladbach, Germany. This dual existence between two distinct cultures provided a unique foundation for his developing perspective. His early education began in the United States, where he attended Public School 156 in Queens. It was during these school years that a spark of creativity firs…