What is your role in Pasco County?
I am in my 26th year as the Director of Bands at Gulf High School. I work with the marching, concert, and jazz bands as well as our color guard. I also teach piano, Advanced Placement Music Theory, International Baccalaureate Music and Video Production.

What do you love about your job?
I love creating music with my students and watching them grow as musicians. I am lucky to have them for all 4 years of high school and to see them enter as young 9th graders and graduate as mature 12th graders with their lives ahead of them. The interaction with the students is what makes me love what I do each day.

Who or what inspired you?
Two of my former music teachers are my inspiration. I gained a love for music from my elementary music teacher, John Keon, who taught music at Anclote Elementary and Hudson Middle School. And as a graduate of Gulf High School myself, my high school band director, Ed Francis, inspired me to become a band director.

Tell us something unique that people may not know about you.
My wife and I are proud owners of an 8 -month old hedgehog named Milo. He is the second hedgehog we have owned since 2017.