Superintendent’s Biography

• Worked in a variety of child care, camp and special education settings in college, including as a Children’s Program Director at a family camp in Sequoia National Forest for 10 years
• BA-Liberal Studies/MA in Special Education from California State University Northridge
• Started in education as a teacher’s aide in 1985
• Taught 5th/6th grade in LAUSD for two years 1986-87 while completing a special education credential and master’s degree
• Taught special education in public schools from 1987-1992
• Taught Preschool and worked as Sales and Promotions for a Cross Country Ski Lodge/Family Camp for a year
• Taught Middle School at the California School for the Deaf 1993-1995
• Worked in Pajaro Valley Unified School District from 1995-2012
• General education and Special Education Teacher
• Instructional Coach/Literacy Coach
• Assistant Principal
• Principal
• Long-time member and teacher leader with the California Reading and Literature Project
• Contributing author and/or trainer for educational programs, including Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Team Success Stories, Systematic ELD, Results and Houghton Mifflin Reading
• K-12 Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Santa Cruz City Schools, 2012-2017
• Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Hollister School District, 2017-2019
• Currently a doctoral candidate, completing a dissertation in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University (anticipated completion - Spring 2019)