I grew up in Olmsted Falls and Graduated from Olmsted Falls High School.  Growing up, my parents had a small boat and cottage on Sandusky Bay.  I would go fishing and boating in the summers.  I started SCUBA diving because I wanted to swim with sharks in the wild.  Once I started swimming with fish, I decided I liked being in the water with them more than I liked hooking them, and I stopped fishing.  I got into conservation to protect sharks from being finned and started learning a lot more about what is happening on our planet and what I can do to help.  I became vegan to help the environment.

I started teaching High School Mechanical Drawing and Tech Ed in 1998 at Kirtland High School.  I didn't like being on the east side and away from friends and family so I moved back to the west side of Cleveland.  I left Kirtland H.S. in 2000 to teach woodworking at Learwood Middle School from 2000 to 2002.   I left Avon Lake and came to OFMS in 2002.  I wasn't sure about leaving Avon Lake, they are a good school system and I was unsure about returning to where I grew up.  It took a few years to adjust, but I am happy I returned to Olmsted Falls.