I am an artist and international educator who has lived and worked in six countries on four continents.
A native New Yorker who left home after college with a jeep and a dog (both of whom died within a year), my first job was newspaperman, with the Bozeman Free Press in Montana. I went to the Naropa Institute in Boulder for a year, worked on a ranch for adults with autism in Arizona, and settled in New Mexico in my twenties.
While on tour as a keyboard player with the Pink Flamingos, I realized that my future musical endeavors would be best served through education. I began my teaching career in Albuquerque, starting with preschool music and culminating with a Master’s in Special Education. (see below).
Music for 3-4 year-olds.
After four years of preschools and public schools, church schools and synagogue schools, I decided to shift gears. In 2002, I got my first public school teaching job, Special Education in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was an overwhelmingly Spanish-speaking neighborhood, and I realized I would need to begin learning the language.
During this time, I got my Master’s from UNM in Special Education, fusing a music and mathematics curriculum for the late elementary years. I remained in Albuquerque Public Schools for four years, before embarking on my international teaching career in 2006.
CB: Blind musician.
Albuquerque Public Schools
1st place: Middle School Poetry Slam.
Albuquerque, NM
In 2006, I moved to Lake Atitlán in Guatemala and began my international teaching career. Since then, I have taught everything under the sun — music, math, English, sports, you name it! — and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Atitlán Multicultural Academy (AMA) – Panajachel, Guatemala
