What a long strange trip it has been. From a former heroin abuser in a poor neighborhood in Michigan, to Michigan's 2007 Hispanic Artist of the Year, I constantly thank my blessings. Thanks for you for visiting my blog where I discuss what matters in education. I hope you enjoy my articles dealing with education and how we can improve education across the nation. If you are in the educational system and would like to see what I can do for your school please click HERE.


I thank the Rare Foundation of Troy, Michigan and the folks who nominated me for this prestigious award. It made my teaching career a dream career. It propelled my students to continue with their education. I told my students that we in the Southwest part of Detroit were going to be in a documentary and that the only difference between Hollywood and ours is that we are real and we have no script. Read the rest of this entry »