• Positions: Special Education teacher, support teacher and Football Coach
• Bachelors/Degrees: Degrees in Law enforcement & Police Science from Sam Houston University
• School Activities: Football
• Years at Caney Creek: 14 
• Years Teaching: 17

How would other people describe you?

Cranky, because I’m old. They think I’m cracky. But I’m not cranky.

Was there a career you wanted to pursue OR pursued before teaching.

I actually retired from law enforcement. I was a policeman for 22 years, I retired, and I started volunteering at my daughter’s school. Doing volleyball programs. The principal offered me a job and that’s when I looked into alternative certification.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why? 

I love to fish. That’s my get out, on the water. That’s my happy time.

When people get to know you, what are they most surprised to learn about you? 

If there’s anything that they’re impressed with, it would probably be the range from going from law into education. Taking two different career paths there. 

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for.

For raising three daughters. I made people and they’ve turned out to be awesome. They’ve all gone on to careers. Two of them are in education. One of them is in real estate. They have families.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why?

I’m thankful to my wife for putting up with me for 40 years and taking care of me.

What advice would you give to someone pursuing a career similar to yours?

Do what you have passion alright. There’s work involved, and the work is easier to achieve if you have passion to do it, as opposed to something you’re just forced to do. 

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

Just being somebody that could be counted on. That’s the thing that you always want, or I always strive for. 

What’s on your bucket list? 

I want to go and travel to see Greece, the Mediterranean and everything those areas where civilization started, and just see all the architecture that goes on there. 

Favorites

• Food: Mexican Food
• Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad-Robert T. Kiyosaki
• Color: Blue

• Position: Paraprofessional 
• Bachelors/Degrees: Currently working on associates for Business Administration to get bachelors at Texas State University 
• Years at Caney Creek: 1
• Years Teaching: 1

How would other people describe you?

Would say creative.

Was there a career you wanted to pursue OR pursued before teaching.

I was really trying to work in the entertainment industry, but I moved to more behind the scenes, so more business, more marketing and stuff like that.

Tell us about how you got into teaching. 

I worked with the city of Conroe for about four years before I started working here. So I just always have been working with kids. With the city of Conroe, I worked at Oscar Johnson. So with Oscar Johnson, I was working at Sam Houston, and I have a bunch of other elementary schools.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why? 

My crafting business so I have like a bunch of little things here in the office.

When people get to know you, what are they most surprised to learn about you? 

That I’m talkative. At first, I’m very quiet. I’m more of a listener. But once people get to know me, they see that I’m more open and talkative.

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for.

I would say just pursuing businesses. Growing up, I watched my mom start up her own business for Party Rentals, so she has expanded that to the point where she has her own catering she does like other services as well with that. So she really inspired me to make my own businesses, and now I have two, and I am planning to expand on those two businesses.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why?

I am thankful for my mom and my grandmother. They are two of the main women that have my life. So they have been with me through a lot. They’re both from Mexico, so they started from the bottom and just made a life here.

What advice would you give to someone pursuing a career similar to yours? 

Whether we know it or not, we inspire kids and we encourage what they do with their future, whether it’s school or working or anything creative. We inspire that, whether we know it or not.

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

For my creativity.

What’s on your bucket list? 

I would say, travel more. My senior year of high school, I ended up going to Europe. So I went to England and France with one of the art teachers that was here. He’s not here anymore, but he had also taken me to New York with a group my freshman year. So I would like to travel more, especially like other parts of Europe that I didn’t get to.

Favorites

• Food: French fries 
• Movie: Instructions Not Included
• Color: Green

• Position: World history teacher  
• Bachelors/Degrees & from where: Bachelor’s from Kentucky State University And Teaching certification from Sam Houston State University 
• School Activities: Swim coach 
• Years at Caney Creek: 18
• Years Teaching: 28

How would other people describe you? 

I think they would describe me as happy, good luck, and how I’m generally always in a good mood.

Was there a career you wanted to pursue OR pursued before teaching. 

I thought I was going to be an architect or something like an engineer , because I like to work with my hands and teaching became more important to me.

Tell us about how you got into teaching. 

I kind of knew the teaching world and then when I was in college, I realized that one thing I didn’t enjoy about high school was how I didn’t have teachers that really cared about you not going to class so I figured I’d have a good time doing that.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why? 

I’m a car guy so I like to tinker with my car and I also read , chill with my daughters.

When people get to know you, what are they most surprised to learn about you?  

When they get to know me they are most surprised to know that i’m not from here and that i’m actually from Guam.

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for. Being a good father like they are both doing good in school and which I’m really proud of.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why? 

Who I’m thankful for is my family, my brother , sister, and my extremely supportive parents.

What advice would you give to someone pursuing a career similar to yours? 

It’s hard but if you can stick with it and just do the best you can for about five years but after sometime it will get better.

What do you hope to be remembered for?

 I hoped to be remembered for being a positive teacher and making people’s day. 

What’s on your bucket list? Going to Ireland and taking my daughter to my home island in guam.

Favorites

• Food: Pizza
• Song: Friday I’m in love -The Cure 
• Movie: The Boondock Saints 
• Book: The Pillars of the Earth 
• Color: Black 

• Position: Algebra 2 teacher
• Bachelors/Degrees: Bachelor’s degree from Mercer University, Masters degree from Columbus State University & masters degree from Loyola University
• Years at Caney Creek:  2
• Years Teaching: 39

How would other people describe you?

Most people describe me as fair. I try to give people opportunities. I’m always offering to help but they get annoyed with me because I want them to have an ID on.

Was there a career you wanted to pursue OR pursued before teaching.

When I first started college I was a music major but even then I wanted to teach music but after an accident I had I couldn’t do that anymore. I was a violinist. I played in a symphony for 4 years. That kinda changed the kind of teaching I wanted to do. 

Tell us about how you got into teaching. 

When I was in high school I had jobs tutoring other students. I just always wanted to have a career where I help people.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why? 

I read a lot. I like to play with my granddaughters and we play a lot of uno. Not by choice but because that’s what they wanted to play. I also really like my church activities. 

When people get to know you, what are they most surprised to learn about you? 

I don’t think I have surprises. Maybe that I grew up in Columbus, Georgia. My whole adult life was in New Orleans so I normally say I’m from New Orleans. But my hometown is Columbus, Georgia. And maybe that I started college as a music major. That may surprise some people

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for.

Being a grandmother. Both of my children are deceased and I’ve tried to step up and help with the granddaughters. My grandsons have a parent but my granddaughters don’t have any parents. The other grandmother and I tried to do things and she has a couple of them. One of them lives with me. We’ve made that our priority.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why?

Immediately right here right now Ms. Revelli. She is amazing. This whole team. Dr. lee does the lesson plans, Ms. Revelli gets the lessons done. We work so well as a team so that instead of everyone repeating everything, we just work on it together. I’m also thankful for my Sunday school class. When I left New Orleans, I left so many friends and family members there. My Sunday school class stepped in and every Sunday I feel like I’m going to a family reunion.

What advice would you give to someone pursuing a career similar to yours?

You don’t do it for the money. It’s a good steady job. It’s a 9 to 5 job. There’s always a lot of work but it’s a very fulfilling job you just have to know what you’re getting yourself into. No matter how hard you work or what you do there’s always someone who’s not happy about it and you just have to do your best and get over it. 

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

Being compassionate, caring beyond just what their grades are.

What’s on your bucket list? 

There’s so many things on my bucket list. I want to take a cruise through Alaska and watch the whales. That’s one of the things I really want to do. I also want to go to New York at Christmas time.

Favorites

• Food: Salmon
• Song: Holy Forever-Chris Tomlin
• Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life
• Color: Blue