I am a pilot (Captain) for Southwest Airlines. I currently hold an ATP rating in Boeing 737, BE-1900D and D-328jet. I am a space, and technology enthusiast. I have over 23000 hours of flight time as a pilot of many different types of airplanes. I have a UAV/UAS remote pilot certificate issued by the FAA. I am an AMA member with 10 years of R/C flying experience and I am a member of the Arizona Model Aviators.. I have several years of small Model Rocketry experience. I am a member of NAR and SARA. I have an amateur radio license. I have conducted over 30 missions to near space with weather balloons. As of May of 2019, I am currently working on the following projects with students in middle and high school. Solar power Rc airplane "Project Soare". Designing a rocket that will be launched at 100,000ft after being towed up by a weather balloon.

I have been working with students in middle school, high school and college. I started working with students in 5th grade several years ago in the Spring Grove Elementary School, Richmond Grade School, and Nippersink Middle School through a Southwest Airlines sponsored event called Adopt-A-Pilot. I have taken the program to a whole new level. In my first 2 years I became aware of the lack of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, +C) within our kids curriculum. I included "+C" because I feel creativity is as important as the other 4 areas. I aspire to elevate our students grasp of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. As much as I value those subjects, I also value art and creativity. Thats why I call my little company STEM+C. The C stands for creativity. I think artist, engineers, scientist, musicians, writers, and performers all share the same basic artistic, creative part of our brains. Each one of those professions uses the creative part of their brain for a different discipline or interest. The creative part of my brain likes to inspire the next generation through hands on learning projects like "Project Blackbird". I don't know what form this project with ultimately become....we will let it simply evolve. But the goal of the project is to bring real life project based learning experiences to our kids. To get them excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.