PETER J
I have over 25 years of professional experience in Information Technology. In 2018 I decided to take up a teaching career for altruistic reasons, first at the High School level teaching Algebra, Trigonometry, Statistics, Physics and STEM/Physical Science. In 2020 I moved to Ingleside Middle School to teach STEM, Computer Science, and Robotics where I currently works to give 6th, 7th, and 8th graders the knowledge, skills, and hopefully the interest to pursue STEM education and careers. In 2022 I was awarded an ASAP STEM Fellowship in pursuit of improving STEM education across Arizona.
One interesting aspect of my career change is that I have lived and worked in Seattle, Portland, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Los Angeles, and New York but finally came back "home" to teach at a school I attended. I am an alumnus of Hopi, Ingleside, and Arcadia ultimately graduating from ASU with a degree in Industrial Engineering before starting my international IT career.