Topics of discussion in this episode: 

• Growing up in with a single mom in poverty
• Doing well in school with the mindset that he wanted a different lifestyle 
• Growing up in a crime-stricken neighborhood 
• Being a tight-knit community 
• Going to a school on the west side
• Being called a racist slur and his friends standing up for him
• Racial bias in grading and expectations
• Finding sports in middle school
• He remembers teachers and coach’s names that touched his life
• Splitting up his senior class
• How his experience influences how he works with families 
• Played basketball in college at Cal State San Bernardino 
• The importance of sports for engagement 
• Reflecting back on how hard it was for her mother 
• Talking back and being a teenager
• Reflecting on his mother - mental illness and being raised in the South
• Working at Stater Bros and how Bob Molina pushed him to do more
• Coaching and becoming a PE Teacher
• Becoming an assistant principal
• Standard discipline practices and reflecting on being true to your values 
• Interesting fashion choices
• Doing what is best for kids AND the adults who work with kids
• Kids with behave badly when they don’t feel safe
• Being scared to be a principal and receiving full support from his superintendent 
• Being collaborative with your staff
• Understanding all students
• Supporting all kids 
• Shifting mindsets and societal norms 
• Suspensions and changing behaviors 
• Kids who are engaged in sports
• His service in CIF and supporting cheerleading becoming a sport
• Boys and Girls Club

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