This is my sixth year at ALA teaching high school math, and my eighth total in education.

I have two young kids and enjoy spending time with my husband and them.

We love being outdoors, playing games, cooking, and traveling. 

I have been a science teacher for over 17 years. I have taught all levels of Chemistry including the College Board AP course and the ACS Chemistry Olympiad. I bring to the classroom my experiences as a Texas Master Naturalist, Instructional Dean of Science, laboratory research assistant, freelance web designer, and corporate manager. I really enjoy teaching, learning, and exploring our natural world as well as books, music, and film.

I am really, really lucky to be married to my best friend of over thirty years. We are voluntary participants in a long-term experimental ecosystem consisting of two humans (Homo sapiens sapiens), two cats (Felis silvestris catus), eight fish (Carassius auratus and Paracheirodon innesi), thirty-six shrimp (Neocaridina davidi), thirty-two plants (mostly Lamiaceae), and ten unidentified species of snail.

I teach Design I and II. This is my 15th year teaching and I am really looking forward to implementing some unique project-based-learning experiences.

I am lucky to be married to my wife, Jenna, with whom we have two wonderful sons, Harrison and Owen. We also have two dogs, Eek and Excavator the Expert Dog.

I am a poet, photographer, and a chess enthusiast.

My storied career began in 1994 at Sam Houston High School. In 2002, I moved to Alamo Heights but returned to SAISD in 2017 as a DAEP administrator at Estrada Achievement Center. Two years later, my wife Jenny and I moved overseas to teach International Baccalaureate Chemistry and Economics, respectively. We worked in the Middle East and India. We have a twelve-year-old daughter who has been with us on our journey every step of the way. After the pandemic we returned home and I started work at ALA in 2021.

My curriculum and instructional expertise includes College Board Advance Placement courses such as AP Human Geo, AP World History, AP U.S. History, AP U.S. Government, AP Micro and AP Macroeconomics. I've been reading for the AP World History exam for the last two years.

I've come out of retirement to rejoin the 10th grade team and look forward to our trip to Puebla, Mexico, and the PBL we've designed around it.

I teach 10th grade English II and English III. This is my 18th year in education and my 6th year at Advanced Learning Academy.

I have three children: Joey (20), who attends The University of Texas at Austin and is studying Civil Engineering; my daughter, Bella (18), a freshman at St. Mary’s University is studying Biology; and my youngest, Olivia, is a freshman in high school.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, cooking, and watching movies.