Some background about me is that I was born and raised in Palo Alto. I attended Addison, Jordan, and Palo Alto High School. I have taught for 36 years (going on 37 years) now, 17 of them in southern California. I have been teaching in PAUSD for 15 years and love it. I have also coached Track and Field at the high school and currently "coach" the math club at Jordan. I've taught at elementary, middle, and high school, as well as junior college. I enjoy teaching at all of the levels and my love has been math. I am Nationally Board Certified in mathematics. I also missed the Olympics in javelin throwing by six inches.