Peter grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and developed a passion for the outdoors, history and social justice, all of which have shaped his career path. He went to Lewis & Clark College, where he studied Sociology and led multi-week backpacking and kayaking trips in the summers. After college, he worked in outdoor education, guiding and classroom teaching across the Midwest, American West, Bahamas and Chile. In his free time, he loves to explore the outdoors through backcountry skiing, whitewater canoeing, trail running, climbing and hiking with his dog Tundra. He also enjoys speaking Spanish, playing music and cooking meals for his wonderful wife.

He enjoys working with young people because he is consistently amazed by their ideas, intelligence and capacity to do immense good. He also appreciates how they push him to become a better person and how every day as a teacher is a new challenge!