He has been a critical social justice educator for more than 15 years. He has taught from 5th grade to 12th grade in the two largest school districts in the nation: New York and Los Angeles. For the last 5 years, he has been a teacher educator working to prepare pre-service teachers for urban education. His research interests include critical social justice in education, hip hop pedagogy, critical race theory, critical literacy, and YPAR. He has presented at international education conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals. He enjoys spending time with his wife and son in Cincinnati.