I grew up in Dedham and was essentially home-schooled until I came to Beaver in high school. My family had started a school when my oldest brother and oldest cousin were old enough for kindergarten. There were about twenty students from my family, siblings, and cousins, as well as family friends. Until I came to Beaver, my teachers were: my mother (a Beaver alum), my aunt, my grandmother, and a couple of other mothers of some of the other students.

As a Beaver student, I played soccer, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse, and I also swam for my town team. In college, I played lacrosse and swam. I’d always enjoyed math and science as well as helping people, and I majored in psychology, minored in chemistry, and was pre-med. After graduating from Wheaton in 1994, I got my EMT license and worked for an ambulance company for about three years. I came back to Beaver in 1997 to teach math and science and coach soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. After three years, I took a year off to get my master’s degree in education at Harvard. My wife was in grad school in Atlanta, so I taught math and science and coached lacrosse at The Lovett School there for two years while she finished her program. We came back to Boston, and I resumed teaching and coaching at Beaver in 2003. I am in the Science Department and mainly teach chemistry and investing. I am also a coach for the golf team in the fall and the boys’ lacrosse team in the spring. I enjoy being well-connected to Beaver alums and work with the Philanthropy & Engagement Department on their alumni-related events. During the summer, I work at the pool for Beaver Summer Programs, where I have lifeguarded and taught swimming lessons since the summer of 1990. My wife, Rekha, and I have two daughters, Aiya and Macy that attend Beaver.