Professional Experience:
October 2007-Sept. 2008: Retail representative, Crossmark
January 2008-Feb. 2009: Department Supervisor, The Home Depot
September-December 2007: Reset Team Lead, Chuck Latham Associates
January-July, 2007: Assistant Manager, Fallas Paredes
October 2006-December 2006: Salesman, Growing Family Portraits
January 2002-October, 2006: Assistant Manager, The Wal-Mart Corporation
December 1999-September 2001: Executive Editor, The Orange (TX) Leader
June 1995-December 1999: Managing Editor, The Katy (TX) Times.
Oct. 1991-June 95: Sports Editor (later City Editor), The Rosenberg (TX) Herald-Coaster.
August 1986-September 1991: United States Marine Corps, Combat Correspondent.
April 1980-August 1986: AM Sports Desk, Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal.
September 1978-April 1980: Sports Editor, The Bayshore Sun (LaPorte TX).

Education:
Deer Park (TX) High School, Cum Laude graduate, 1977
University of Houston, journalism/political science major, 1977-78.
Defense Information School, Distinguished Honor Graduate, 1989.
Career highlights:
Author, Duh! Texas: A Case Study in Educational Takeover (Abique Books, 1998)
Panelist, Limited Learning for Lifelong Labor, video by the Parents Coalition of Texas, 1998
Guest on Dan Patrick Show, Mike Richards show, KPRC radio

Awards and Citations
 More than 40 awards in newspaper journalism at the regional, state and national level, including:
2000, Jim Lehrer Award for Fairness in Journalism
1998 National Newspaper Association, Best Coverage of Education
Dept. of Defense Thomas Jefferson Awards, 1989-1990-1991
 U.S. Military Sports Association, 1989 Print Journalist of the Year

 Miscellaneous:
 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1996-97-98 Distinguished Service Awards
 1996, Daughters of the American Revolution public service award
 1995 Texas Senate Commendation