Bio

I grew up in Westchester County, just outside of New York City. I’ve had the best pizza on the planet in NYC, been to NY Rangers and Knicks games, but I’ve been a 49er fan and a NY Mets fan for as long as I can remember. My parents are alive and well in Florida. I have a brother 13 months older than me and a sister 19 months younger than me. Yes, I was the middle, neglected child. I have four children, two girls and two boys. The last was born two weeks before the first turned five, so I have some experience in crisis management. I’ve recently taken and passed a course in adolescent development. I almost feel like I could have taught that course by just reflecting on parenthood. Although it is difficult to mention, after 31 years of marriage, my soon-to-be ex-wife and I have decided to part ways.

I have always wanted to teach. I recently (August 2021, when I started at San Marin. I’m not exactly sure how much I will spend editing this site) had brunch with a high school friend. Not to date myself, but I graduated from Rye High School in 1981. When I told him that after 35 years of working New York hours in San Francisco, I finally became a teacher, his response? You’re kidding; you’ve been talking about that since I’ve known you. I did know I’ve always wanted to teach, but I didn’t know I actually told people that. “New York hours” is another way of saying that I worked as a stock trader, 9:30 to 4 east coast time. We were at work daily before 4 am.

The good news was that I was done at 1:30 and had no homework. That left me free to coach my kids in some extracurricular activities. I did. I coached softball, girl’s basketball, boy’s basketball, and little league, to name a few. I spent eight years as the coach of a travel soccer team. Along the way, I got dragged into a few administrative positions. I was president of the Ross Valley Rec. Soccer league for eight years. I stayed on for five years after all my children moved on. I co-started the Ross Valley Grizzlies lacrosse team. It’s been one of the more successful leagues. I got lucky as I had played club lacrosse after college and knew some great coaches. We went from one team the first year, that went 0-18 by the way, to 450 kids three years later, and we won at least a couple of league championships.

As far as education, as I previously stated, I went to Rye High School in Rye, New York. I came back to California to attend college. I graduated as a chemistry major from a school down on the peninsula in Palo Alto. That said, I’ve always loved Math.