Short Personal Description: 

I moved to Fort Collins six years ago from Madison, AL. Hailing originally from Wisconsin with a three year stint in Flagstaff, AZ. While this is my sixth year at Rocky, it is my first year working as an Interventionist on our MTSS team; the previous five years I worked with our integrated services department as a case manager. Prior to the move I taught for 9 years at an Alternative School for Middle and High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral disabilities in Wisconsin and I spent a year working with students at James Clemens High School in Madison, Alabama. My wife and I have two young daughters.

Educational and Professional Background: 

Masters in Special Education and Cross Categorical Teacher Certification

Edgewood College Madison, Wisconsin

Bachelor of Science with a History Major and Anthropology Minor

Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

Courses currently teaching at Rocky and previous courses taught at Rocky: 

World Geography

World History

fused World Literature

fused Biology

fused Asian Humanities

fused American Humanities

fused American Government

*fused are our co-taught classes at Rocky

What does the Lobo Way mean to me?: 

We're all in this together.

Interest & Hobbies: 

I enjoy writing, playing frisbee golf, running, hiking, record collecting, and spending time with our family.

Favorite Quote: 

"You find out when you reach the top, you’re on the bottom” - Bob Dylan