¡Crea arte inspirado usando dragones del crepúsculo otoñal!

I am an art teacher, writing enthusiast, gamer, reader, and hobbyist. I try to teach in a comprehensive and broad way. I teach that nothing happens in isolation and I want my students to understand the connections behind things. I teach writing, art, and Soft skills using games, books,  and pop-culture as a scaffold.

I have experience teaching at both the high school and middle school level. I graduated with a BFA in Art Education from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I began teaching after a 20 year career in electronic repair. This career in technology and automation that started in the military (Navy) and ended with a multinational company responsible for automation in the food industry. I have a varied background in both tech, art, and writing. I approach all learning with excitement and openness.

I think that instilling a love of learning is one of the most important things we can do for our children and young adults. The value of knowing can not be understated. I think a person who has been taught how to learn has a very substantial leg up on a person who has been told what to know.

I want to teach my learners to lead in the coming years. I think this requires the ability to see the world as it truly is, but also as we wish it to be. People who are motivated to fix the problems we are all facing will need to think outside the box. They will also need interdisciplinary thinking, because these problems are giant in scale. I want the next generation of adults to be artist/scholars. I want us to reach for the ideals we have claimed throughout human history and I want to do that one class at a time.