- Started teaching in 1997
- Loves travelling, fishing, the beach & Disney World
- Favorite food is anything Mexican
- Loves teaching middle school
- Ran his first marathon in 2015
- Main instrument is trombone
- Still get excited for the first day of school every year
- Didn't join band or played trombone until freshman year of high school
- Proud Western Illinois University grad
- Writes for his blog - Teaching Music & More