In the summer before my junior year in college, I had the opportunity to work with children at a summer camp and realized that my future would be as an educator. I changed my major and selected a whole new set of classes. That summer I came to the realization that I wanted to follow in the footsteps and give back the same way that my teachers and coaches at Arcata High had done for me.

I obtained my teaching credential and a masters degree in education at the Stanford Teacher Education Program in 1991 and After teaching in the bay area for four years at the middle school level, I returned to Humboldt when I took a teaching position at Eureka High School. During my 18 years at EHS, I taught history, advised student government, coached wrestling, and worked together with Jennifer Johnson to direct the Eureka Academy for Service Learning with Technology (EAST). Over the course of 11 years, the student-led service-learning projects in EAST earned national acclaim, and our students presented across the country about this model program.

In 2012, I became an administrator and took on the role of Assistant Principal at Zane Middle School. In three years in the role, Zane became a STEAM magnet school and grew dramatically in reputation and numbers.

In the spring of 2016, I had the good fortune to have been selected to become the principal of Six Rivers Charter High School and thus returned to the same campus I walked as a high school student. Six Rivers is indeed an incredible place filled with excellent teachers and passionate students.  In fact, it is notable that over the past four years three teachers have been honored with "Excellence in Teaching" awards at the county level and our Title 1 Math Aide was an employee of the year.  I am proud of the progress we have made as a school and how we have weathered the challenges of COVID. 

Six Rivers is indeed a special place and I like to remind people, "It is good to be a Pirate."

Open lines of communication are key to the health of our school community. If you would like to contact me with a question or some feedback, email me at [email protected].