Brian is a passionate public school educator who strongly believes in the transformative power of resilience informed practices. Brian has taught grades 3-6. He is an experiential educator who focused on integrating social emotional learning strategies into daily curricula.
After graduating Brevard college Brian taught at Hall Fletcher elementary school. He then accepted the role as Director for the In Real Life afterschool network coordinating hundreds of programs for middle schoolers. Brian authored a handbook for social emotional learning and led trainings for afterschool providers all over the state. Brian was the strategic planner for the Wilson Foundation YMCA afterschool initiative where he designed systems to address systemic health outcomes. Compelled by the profound needs of students after the COVID pandemic, Brian reentered the classroom as a math and science teacher.