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I am really looking forward to my 9th (out of 11) year at CMS. I have taught every grade level at Cupertino Middle and will be teaching 6th grade this year. Last November, I received my National Board for Professional Teaching Certificate, which is the highest certificate awarded to a teacher. Before my career as a teacher, I worked at Sun Microsystems for 5.5 years upon graduating from UC Berkeley (Go Bears!!!) in ’96.
At the tail end of my career at Sun, I became very active in triathlon, particularly cycling. The more time I spent competing and training, the more I fell in love with fitness, so much so, that I started to explore careers in the health and fitness industry. While working at Sun, I decided to coach at a local middle school...the rest is history. I enrolled at San Jose State and decided to get a second bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology as well as my teaching credential.
In addition to teaching, I have coached Cross Country, girls and boys Basketball and Track and Field. I will also start my 6th year as the club coordinator for our highly successfully Running Club.
I have been married for 9 years. In June of 2008, I became a father for the first time to a beautiful daughter, Jillian and then again in 2011, when we added Natalie to our lives. Last year I completed my National Board for Professional Teaching certification and am yet to find out if I passed.
Thanks for taking the time to learn a little about me.....