Teaching young children, he has embedded mindfulness and breathing into his craft. He is formally trained on a variety of SEL programs, but he also brings in other resources to address social emotional learning. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UC Berkeley and a Master of Science in Educational Technology from Cal State East Bay. He is recently married, and his wife is a school psychologist. He is an avid world traveler and sailor, with a passion for learning about humanity.