I started attending a Junior College in Stockton California where I became a perpetual student earning over 130 units while working with a primary focus on math and science. Eventually, I got the idea that I should get on with my life and moved another 50 minutes south to the nearest CSU and earned a bachelor of arts in mathematics. A year later I decided to become a teacher and after working a year as a substitute and going to school at night to complete a master's in education.