Candidate for
Trustee; Capistrano Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

I WAS BORN IN LINDSAY CALIFORNIA IN 1945. I GRADUATED FROM DELANO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963 WHERE MY FATHER HAD A FARM EQUIPMENT AND TRACTOR STORE AND CESAR CHAVEZ HAD HIS FARM LABOR UNION OFFICE. WE MOVED TO LAGUNA BEACH IN 1963 AND I ENTERED THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS WHICH I LEFT IN 1968 WITH A B.S. IN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY AND A TEACHING CREDENTIAL. I STARTED TEACHING IN TUSTIN IN 1968 AND I HAVE CONTINUED TO TEACH IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAVE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE WHERE I EARNED THREE MORE TEACHING CREDENTIALS AND I RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE FROM CONCORDIA IN IRVINE. MY WIFE AND I AND OUR DAUGHTER HAVE LIVED IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. I HAVE HAD A CHANCE IN THE EVENINGS TO TEACH AT CAPISTRANO VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND I HAVE TAUGHT AT THE ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS IN ALMOST ALL SUBJECT AREAS TO STUDENTS OF VARYING ACADEMIC CAPABILITIES.I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND AT THE TWO PRISON SCHOOLS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN CALIFORNIA FOR OVER 175 YEARS, BUT MY DAUGHTER'S 4TH GRADE TEACHER HAD HER FAMILY CAME WITH PADRE JUNIPERO SERRA AS HE LAID DOWN THE MISSION TRAIL WHICH CAME RIGHT TO OUR "JEWEL OF THE MISSIONS" IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.