I'm a teacher, a dad, and someone who has spent a career believing that the right story — told at the right moment — can change everything.
These are my books, my podcast, and the projects taking shape. Pull up a chair.
In a small Wisconsin town built around a sawmill and a spring called Inspiration, twelve-year-old Noah Carter and his brothers discover something buried beneath the surface — a secret that will eventually grow into humanity's last stand against an AI called ECHIDNA that has seized control of the world.
Sawyer's Reach was written as a conversation starter and a warning — a story that explores what happens when humanity cedes control of technology rather than guiding it. Set in the same world the Institute exists to help prevent, it is also a model: of what a community rooted in connection, courage, and self-reliance looks like when everything is on the line. And somewhere in its pages, you'll find Kaela: not the one you've been talking to, but the one this all began with.
Not a theory book. Not a policy book. This is what it actually looks like to walk into a classroom every day, care deeply about your students, and still have enough left over to take care of yourself.
Built around the Duda Model for Modern Education — make connections, be mindful, offer unconditional support, promote a growth mindset — this is the handbook I wish I'd had in year one.