I served served as an educator for the past 31 years in K-12 public schools in the great state of Oregon.  My first job in educaion was as an elementary physical education teacher at Applegate Elementary School in Portland, Oregon in 1991.  I also coached football, and wrestling at Benson High School.  A few years later I began teaching at Benson HS and served as an integration coordinator in the counseling department and also taught PE/Health and Math.   I moved to the North Clackamas School District in 2000 (Milwaukie HS) as an assistant principal for three years.  I then served as an assistant principal at Sam Barlow HS for a year and then become the principal in 2004.  I served in that role for 6 years and in 2010, I became the direcor of secondary education for two years and that role expanded to deputy superintendent in 2012.  In 2017,  I served in a new role as deputy superintendent of human resources and in 2021 became superintendent of schools.