I graduated in 1985 from South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science of Mathematics and minors in Education and Computer Science. I have been teaching high school mathematics for the past 35 years. The first 5 were at Todd County Schools on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. The past 30 years have been at Wyoming Indian Schools on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. I have also coached basketball, track and field, and cross country during my career.