Brief biography

My wife and I were two kindergarten teachers when we met at a staff development day 24 years ago. I asked her for help with the new reading curriculum, and we've been together since, raising our two Mexican American children in the process. I went into administration, she remained in teaching, which may explain my gray hair. Currently, I am a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership for Social Justice program at CSU East Bay.

• Husband of Claudia Peñaloza, Spanish-English Escondido Dual Immersion teacher for the past two decades

• Parent of Matteo, Gunn High freshman, Fletcher alum

• Parent of Anaís, Escondido Elementary and Terman Middle alum, current Yale junior

• Principal, West Marin Elementary 2012-2018

• Principal, Juana Briones Elementary, 2009-2012

• Principal, Blackford Elementary, 2004-2009

• Principal, Marshall Lane Elementary, 2002-2004

• Teacher (TK, K, 1st & 2nd), 2018-2020, Bodega Bay Elementary

• Bilingual Teacher, 1992-1999

• Candidate for Marin County Superintendent of Schools, 2018

• Candidate for Tamalpais Union High School District, 2015

• Tennis Camp Instructor, Stanford Tennis Camps, 1989-1999

• Education

  • Doctoral student, Educational Leadership for Social Justice, CSU East Bay, current

  • UC Riverside, M.A., 1997

  • UC Santa Cruz B.A., 1991

• Journalist, 1983-1988