I grew up in the Boise valley, graduating from Vallivue High School near Caldwell.  I attended Idaho State University and received an auto mechanics certification.  I returned to school at Boise State University where I majored in mathematics, graduating in 1991.  I have been teaching math in the West Ada School district , formerly Meridian, since my graduation from BSU.  The first 19 years of my teaching career were spent teaching middle school.  I then spent the next 7 years teaching math at Central Academy.  the last 2 years I have been at Rocky Mountain High School.