I was born in Pennsylvania and moved to California in 1963 which is the same year La Quinta High School was built. Graduate of Cal State Fullerton. I've been teaching math here at La Quinta since the 1998/1999 school year. I was the La Quinta High School Teacher of the Year for the 2002/2003 school year. My father was a college math teacher and my brother was a high school math teacher. Hobbies include racquetball, weightlifting, motorcycles, cars, and sports trivia. I also have teaching credentials in Business, Health, Physical Education as well as CLAD.  For the 2019/2020 school year, I am teaching Algebra 2 Business and Advanced Algebra Trig.  Google Classroom codes for 2019/2020 are:  Period #1 ca3abjw   Period #2 jiceyhv     Period #3 xh5accx     Period #4 xg2pvey     Period #5 pk43ms6