Work Hard, Serve Well: A Career Journey Through Hospitality and Education

If you look at my resume, it might seem like I’ve lived two different professional lives—one in education, the other in hospitality. On paper, those careers might seem worlds apart. But the truth is, they’ve both been about the same core thing: service. Whether I was standing in front of a classroom, coaching on the […]

Small Town Roots, Big Life Lessons: Growing Up Between Lodi and Fresno

When people ask where I’m from, I usually say Lodi. But the full story is a little more layered than that. I was born in Fresno, California, but I was raised in Lodi—two places that, while different in a lot of ways, both shaped the man I’ve become. Fresno was my starting point, but Lodi […]