I love working with the learners, parents, and community members of Lindsay! I have spent many years of my life living in small towns. I was raised in Coalinga, California, the 3rd child of 4. My father was a California Highway Patrolman and my mother was a homemaker until she became a secretary for the Coalinga Justice Court when I was in 6th grade.

I attended all of my schooling in the Coalinga Huron Unified School District, and I was involved in student government and sports.

After high school, I attend school at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. After a year of college, I served a two-year mission, living in Denmark and becoming fluent in the Danish language. I returned to the USA and resumed my education at Ricks College. I met my wife, Chris, in Rexburg, and we were married in 1990. We both transferred to BYU in Provo, Utah, and we both finished our teaching degrees at BYU.

Following my graduation, I was hired by the Corcoran Unified School District in Corcoran, CA., and I taught Drivers Education, World History, U.S. History, A.P. U.S. History, Geography, Life Skills, Journalism, and Yearbook. I also coached Freshman Basketball, J.V. Volleyball, and Varsity Swimming.

I also completed my Masters Degree through Fresno State, graduating in 1999.

I was hired by the Visalia Unified School District in 2000 to be an Assistant Principal at La Joya Middle School.

In 2005 I was hired by the Delano Union Elementary School District to be a District Coordinator of Standards and Assessment. Following a year of doing that, I was hired by Delano Union to be the principal of Almond Tree Middle School. In 2009 I was hired to be the Principal of John Muir Middle School in Corcoran, CA, and I returned to the Corcoran Unified School District. In 2015 I was hired to be the Director of Curriculum and Instructional Technology for the Porterville Unified School District. In 2015 I also defended my Ed.D. dissertation successfully and graduated with an Doctorate Degree in Educational Administration.

In 2017 I saw an opportunity to join a future thinking district in Lindsay, and was hired to be the A.P. of College and Career at Lindsay High School. My first official day was January 1, 2018.

I have lived in Tulare, CA since 2002 after having lived in Corcoran, CA for 8 years. I have 4 children who are all adults and my wife is a teacher for the Tulare Joint Union High School District. She teachers ESL to adults in the Tulare Adult School.

I love working in Lindsay and I love the Cardinals!