School Name
Ashley Ridge High School

Public or Private School?
Public

Tell us a little about you
I'm a first year teacher at Ashley Ridge High School in Charleston, SC, who has the honor of teaching earth science and biology to the underclassmen. I love science almost as much as I love teaching others about science, and I have made it a goal for myself to teach these students how to love the world around them. I am a recent graduate of Charleston Southern University where I met my INCREDIBLE wife Sarah (the only reason I've made it through this school year), and decided to call this beautiful city of Charleston my home. At home, we have our 2 dogs Ivy and Maple (yellow lab and cocker spaniel) as well as the king of the castle, Goose the cat.

I grew up doing animal rehabilitation with my dad who owned a zoo in the upstate, and my life was filled with the "unusual"- sleepovers with wolves and taking baths with otters, boxing with wallaby's and taking the tigers for walks around the farm. From this, I wanted to learn as much as I could about zoology. That slowly turned into a passion towards everything to do with science, and I continue to learn something new every day.

I love what I do, and I love seeing the students faces light up when they start to make a connection between what they're learning and how that's actually something that happens in real life. They see that this world is a lot bigger and more complex than they had ever imagined.