I Didn't Wait for a Title

While others talk about fixing SFUSD, I have spent years inside the system — in classrooms, on audit committees, in the budget documents, and in the public square.

At a Glance

• SFUSD K–12 graduate (Argonne, Presidio, Lowell)
• Vice Chair, SFUSD Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee
• Former San Francisco Civil Grand Juror
• Classroom volunteer from high school to today, including weekly literacy volunteering through the SF Education Fund
• Professional experience in biotechnology and construction, leading complex projects and organizational improvement

I've Been Doing the Homework for Years

Long before I decided to run, I was already deep in the work.

I have written dozens of opinion pieces and analyses for the San Francisco Examiner, Beyond Chron, Wind Newspaper, and other outlets — digging into budgets, facilities, literacy, absenteeism, and governance. I'm a regular guy who simply has the time, the interest, and the stubbornness to read the reports, follow the money, and write clearly about what I find.

That same habit is why I stepped up as Vice Chair of the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee (watching over more than $1 billion in school construction) and why I still spend time every week in classrooms and on district budget documents.

The deep dives, platform, and materials you see on this site are the product of that same approach: my own research and writing, accelerated by AI tools that help me move faster, and reviewed by a group of experienced educators who keep me honest and grounded in classroom reality.

I'm not outsourcing my thinking. I'm doing the work — and inviting you to judge it for yourself.

Independent Fiscal Oversight

Vice Chair, SFUSD Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee

• Currently serve as Vice Chair (previously led the Audit Committee)
• Independent citizen oversight of more than $1 billion in school facilities bond spending
• Restored meaningful public oversight and scrutinize contracts, timelines, and expenditures so bond dollars actually reach students
• As chair of the Audit Subcommittee, led reviews of independent audits, questioned auditors and district staff, and brought attention to construction change-order costs
• Recently worked to preserve the committee's independence as changes have been proposed to reduce its meetings and increase district control over its work

Why it matters: Families deserve to know the money they voted for is spent honestly. I have already been the adult in the room.

Classroom Commitment

• Weekly literacy volunteer in a Bayview kindergarten (Drew Elementary) through the San Francisco Education Fund
• Support at 12+ schools across the city plus construction site walkthroughs
• Focused on the foundational skill that changes everything: learning to read

Expanding Opportunity

• Helped award hundreds of scholarships to SFUSD students, many first-generation college-goers
• Key supporter of the ballot measure that restored 8th-grade algebra access
• Advocate for the TK–8 Mandarin Immersion school and dual-language pathways

Civil Grand Jury & Building Consensus

• Served on the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, helping produce a 2023 report on SFUSD's shortage of credentialed teachers, with recommendations to bring more qualified teachers into our schools.
• Supported educators during the EMPower payroll crisis and teachers' strike, and stood with students organizing for safer schools.
• Helped establish the Asian American Parents Advisory Committee, giving a historically underrepresented community a formal voice in district decisions.

Why it matters: Good leadership means listening, following the facts, respecting different views, and finding common ground. That's the approach I'll bring to the Board of Education.

This same throughline runs through my whole life — read the full story on Coming Back.