I am originally from Maquoketa, IA.

I attended the University of Northern Iowa and received my Social Studies Education degree. After college, my wife and I moved out to Virginia where I taught World History and Geography for 5 years at Lee-Davis High School in Mechanicsville, VA. 

I took a break from teaching for a few years, but stayed close to the educational world. I was a Test Development Associate at ACT where I created constructed response questions for a social studies end-of-course test. I worked at Pearson as an Instructional Designer where I created online training modules.

I was a football coach in Virginia for 3 years and I am currently the 10th Grade Softball coach at Liberty High School.

I do have one daughter and I enjoy movies and comic books. 

I currently teach at North Central Junior High in the mornings and then drive to Liberty to teach during the afternoon. (Good thing my favorite color is purple!)