A little about me, I grew up in a small rural town of Nyssa, Oregon. This is where I learned to work hard, working on farms through the summers, and I grew to love sports. It is through sports that I had a football coach who change my life by being the role model he was, and it is because of that I have wanted to pay it forward and hopefully help change someone else’s life. While attending school at College of Southern Idaho I worked as a substitute teacher in Minidoka and Cassia County school districts, and as a football and wrestling coach at the Declo middle school. I loved working with kids and became passionate in teaching and coaching. I changed my major to Physical Education K-12 where I graduated with a associate’s degree in physical education K-12. After I transferred to Boise State University and continued studying education. When I didn’t get accepted into the Physical Education program I changed majors to Multidisciplinary Studies. While attending Boise State I started working with development disabled adults. I was helping them to learn to be more independent and learning life skills. I worked in this field for about 9 years working my way to a House Manager supervising staff and making sure we did our best helping client learn the living skills needs so they could be independent.

I just graduated from Boise State University in Boise, Idaho in December 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies. I also received a certificate in Leadership and Human Relates from Boise State University. Then was promoted to a QIDP (Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional). Where I had more responsibility over multiple houses of clients. Then I switch to a new company and position as a Case Management (CM) and Community Based Rehabilitation Services (CBRS) where I learned to write treatment plans and helping client work to achieve person goals to help them be more independent and learn important living skills.