Where did you grow up and how was your childhood?

“I grew up in Othello, Washington, about an hour from here. We’d work in the fields all day.”

When he wasn’t in Othello, he moved around a lot, due to his family’s occupation. They came to America as migrant workers. His childhood was at times uncertain, he at one point in his life ended up with the wrong crowd and got involved with the gang life, he managed to get out though through golf. And we’ll get more to that later. He also worked a lot in the fields, helping his parents support the family.

How were you in High School?

“Not a great student, but not a bad one either.” At this point he got involved with gangs and he didn’t want to show them that he was too smart or “nerdy.” During his Sophomore year however, one of his friends showed him golf, and it quickly became his passion and he managed to get away from the gang life.

What do you like to do now? Current hobbies?

“Still all about Golf. Other passions are definitely teaching and spending time with my wife.”

What did you want to do when you grew up? Did you always want to teach?

“I always wanted to teach. At one point I thought I was going into International Business, but then I went to college and was like, eh, International business isn’t really cutting it for me you know, and when it came down to teaching, that was fun.”

What is your dream vacation?

“Travel all over Europe again, maybe Central America”

Favorite genre of music?

“I’m pretty spread out with my music, I do however mainly listen to Mexican music, older hiphop and country”

Who is your favorite person of all time?

“My wife, she is the most amazing person in my life, met her and asked her to marry me 2 weeks later, we’ve been married 35 years now.”