About the Teacher-

Dear Parents and Westcliffe Elementary Community,

       I am so excited to be in the Westcliffe family for the 11th year!  I am  your STEAM Lab Manager and teacher.  We will be working in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math while having loads of fun learning new things!  My background is in both computer technology and education.  For over 10 years I worked in the computer industry as a system administrator as well as software support.  I am in my 23rd year of education having been a teacher in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades as well as Special Education and Gifted and Talented (GT Teacher).  I am educator certified in Early Childhood and Special Education (Multi-Categorical) in the state of South Carolina, and I have highly qualified status.  I was born in the upstate and have deep roots in this part of South Carolina.  However, I have lived most of my life in both Florida and Texas.  I am a graduate of the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Political Science and a proud veteran of the United States Air Force.  My wife is also a teacher, and I have one daughter who is a gradutate student at Texas A&M University.  One little interesting fact about myself is that I can speak Chinese-Mandarin.  I look forward to serving the students of Westcliffe once again!  Go Wildcats!!!!