I’m passionate about helping young people realize their potential.

From September to June, I pursue this passion through my work teaching at Southwood Secondary School in the Waterloo Region District School Board. Since 2022, I have served as Southwood's Student Activities Advisor. In this role, I teach the Student Leadership course and coordinate events throughout the school year, from the Grade 9 Welcome in September to the year-end Spring Picnic and myriad dances, assemblies, and spirit days in-between. I have also taught French at Southwood since 2021, where I have become notorious among students for having an absurd amount of energy at 8:10am and a song for literally every grammar tense.

My educational work also extends to Shad Canada, where I have contributed seasonally since 2020. Every June, Shad summer programs across Canada host a selection of the country's most curious and motivated students; there, they attend faculty lectures, collaborate in STEAM projects, and build a lifelong community of like-minded peers. Most recently, as Program Manager at Shad Mount Allison, I have helped organize the program's finances and logistics from behind-the-scenes; all the while, I have continued to prioritize day-to-day community building through leading small mealtime conversations and full-group events alike.(Don't tell anyone, but I may or may not also be the man behind our secret "celebrity" campfire host...) The Shad program is what inspired me to become an educator, and it has been an immense pleasure and delight to pay that inspiration forward.

Life as an educator has been busy, but I’m grateful to make time for my other passions. Music plays an especially large role—I have enjoyed performing with the Age of Majority Singers since 2023, in addition to occasionally writing and performing music on my own. On my Saturdays off, I can be found hiking through the Waterloo region, curling up with a book or game, or waxing poetic about brunch/mixtapes/ice cream to friends near and far.

After all, life’s short — you’ve got to be loud and proud!