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Graduated from North Lake Tahoe High School. I lived with my sister
and best friend just eastpf tahoe City. I played basketball ,
tennis, and ran track as a North Lake Tahoe Laker. During the
winters I worked at Alpine Meadow Ski Resort and washed dishes
at the River Ranch Resort along the Truckee River just outside
of town. During the summers I worked construction, taught some
windsurfing amd tennis, did some surveying and worked at the River
Ranch Resort. Upon high school graduation I recieved a Bank of
America Achievement Scholarship and an offer to play basketball
at Cerritos College in Southern California. I moved to Seal Beach
to attend Cerritos College, and instead of playing basketball
I ended up playing 2 years of volleyball and a little tennis and
running track. After Cerritos I moved to Marin County and worked
in the fire department in the town of Ross for two years and took
classes at Marin Junior College. Then it was off to Chico State
afterone semester at Butte College. I worked my way through Chico
State earning a Bachelor Degree In Information and Communication
Studies with a emphasis in Design and a minor in Business, Marketing,
and Management, while playing volleyball for Chico State. Upon
Graduation form Chico State I recieved an offer to try-out for
the US Olympic men's volleyball team. I spent the summer traveling
the US and playing volleyball. During my travels I was offered
a postion with a sport marketing firm on the east coast and spent
the next 4 years traveling and promoting various sporting events
as a National Competition Director. I returned to Chico State
to study Kinesiology and received my masters with an emphasis
in Instructional Technology. During this time I met Quinn Mendez
and we were married in 1999. After a few years teaching and coaching
at the junior college level. I was offered a job as a manufacturing
and production supervisor where I worked for four years. I started
teacher at Las Plumas in 2004 and coached tennis. Shortly after
the beginning of the school year my wife gave birth to our first
child Maya Quinn on September, 24 2004. I am now in my second
year of teaching, live north of Chico with my wife and daughter,
where we are curently remodling an older ranch style house.