I spend time with my wife and two children, read hungrily, and play nerdy board games. I grew up outside of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in a family of teachers. Our daughter is 4 years old, and our son is 1.5 years old.

Teaching Couple

My wife, Katelyn Foley, is an international school teacher who teaches kindergarten at Ruamrudee International School. Overall, Katelyn is a part-time knitter and full-time nerd, and when we're not teaching, we read plays out loud to each other. We met at the end of college, and we got married a few years later.

(Photos by Carole Kaboya)

Reading Biography

We all have a reading biography, because every time we open a book, close that book, and open another, we reshape our ourselves as readers. My goal is to help students realize their reading biographies and practice articulating why certain books are meaningful and what excites them about the next books that they are going to read. For me, it is essential to use a website like Good Reads for keeping track of the books that shape me.