: About Me

Hello to all visitors 

I am the new channel manager for special education. This is an informative channel geared toward a growing sector of educational world. This site is constantly looking for those with an expertise in this field, and anyone with ideas for article pertaining this channel. Special Education is discipline that incorporates psychology, counceling, educational planning, and above all, concerns about educating students with special needs. While this channel may appeal to teachers, it is open to anyone, especially those who had been diagnosed with a learning disability and have a desire to educate all on the issues pertaining to Special Education.

Now, a little more about myself:

I started writing at a young age; however, it wasn't until my early twenties I did anything about it. Back then, I was a journalism major who had published news and magazine feature articles in two college publications (El Camino College and Cal State Fullerton) Later, a summer before graduating from CSUF, I interned at an Orange County daily newspaper. That September I started my first and only (to this point) paid writing job as a Stringer for Gardena Valley News. Back then, I envisioned entering into a long career as a journalist. Oh, how wrong I was. In the mid 90s, jobs prospects for aspiring journalists were slim, for newspapers were on the decline. As a result, I shifted my occupation to teaching.

Although, I've been published in various magazines and small publications, they were few and far between and they didn't pay a dime. For the last 15 years, I've been working in the education world. First, I was a substitute teacher for 6 six years. For the last nine years, I've been a Resource Teacher (Special Ed.) at a local high school.

My writing covers a varied collection of subjects. I've written and published poems, a short script (printed in a book with no credit) and feature articles with my father. As a creative writer, I tend to focus on personal matters, as well as science fiction, horror and fantasy. As an educator, I deal with varied subjects such as directed teaching, IQ tests and issues pertaining to reading/writing enrichment programs and special education.

Other and Recent Honors:

1. Quarter-finalist in the AAA Screenplay competition (2007)

2. Inclusion of small script (no name) in a how-to screenwriting book (Write Screenplays that Sell the Ackerman Way: Hal Ackerman p. 263 - INT. PIZZA HUT)

3. Earned Professional Screenwriting Program Certificate from UCLA (1997)

4. Earned Master's Degree in Special Education CSUDH: (2010)

My passion is ...

my wife, my job, my writing.

I know too much about ...

special education, history, godzilla movies and wannabe gangstas

My parents always told me ...

There's a lot of BS out there; you have to get a shovel to get to what's real.

My childhood ambition ...

be a dinosaur doctor (seriously, I was five)

My favorite memory ...

My wedding day and walking into Barnes and Noble and finding the book with my story in it.

Why I write ...

to get those crazy thoughts out of my head.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Thomas Pynchon's Slow Learner

My first job ...

Packing pistons in a warehouse.

My best moment ...

getting married, and getting several journalism awards in college

My inspiration ...

the sun rising and setting despite the day.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: 9/11 ten year anniversary tributes

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Under a concrete gray sky, raining ashes and debris, in this darkest of days, one woman makes her stand She sees the island covered in ash. She sees the pit still smoldering where the mighty towers once stood. She sees the people, of this grand metropolis on a tiny island, coming together in this time of sorrow. They carry portraits of their friends, families, or lovers, some on flyers, some on posters. She sees them walking in silence, eyes cast to the ground revealing the wounds only the loss of hope can bring. She shutters seeing the woman with the portrait of her missing husband hangin...

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Writing:

Rating:

• Creative Writing Gold
• Professional Journalist
• Teacher
• Marketplace Premier Writer
• Marketplace Approved Writer
• Helium Charter Member
• Channel Manager Special Education