Hello and welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! I'm looking forward to an exciting year.

This is my 11th year of teaching middle school science, and my 10th year at Bella Vista Middle School. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a minor in biology from California State University Long Beach.  I had the opportunity to be a lab assistant  for my anatomy professor and quickly realized my passion for teaching science.  I then continued my education to earn my teaching credential and Masters in Education from University of California Riverside. I love teaching science and hope to share my love of science with my students. 

When I'm not teaching I am spending time with my family. I am married and have 3 boys: Andrew is 12 and is a student here at BVMS, Noah is 8 and Luke is 7. Having 3 boys means we spend a lot of time outside playing sports. All 3 of my boys play baseball. We also have some flag football, soccer and BMX racing between the boys as well. The boys keep me very busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love to travel, read and once upon a time I enjoyed running. Some day I will find the time to run again.