Bio: I have a background in law and business (econ/business degree from UCLA; law degree from UCLAW; 10 years of legal practice representing mostly large corporate clients). More recently though my time has been devoted to promoting and supporting the best education programs for kids as a coach (high school mock trial, Odyssey of the Mind, Girl Scouts), as a class room instructor teaching art and other subjects, and otherwise (helping create new charter schools, running PTA programs like the PTA art Reflections program and other school programs like the Odyssey of the Mind program at our local elementary school), and to assisting my daughter pursue her love of acting, singing and dancing, and my son his love of music, composing, and song writing.