ABOUT ME ►►►
Hey! I'm Joe. My career has zigzagged through classrooms, stages, and screen readers, but one thing's stayed constant: I show up for people. Whether I'm teaching a student to read Braille or helping a kid find their rhythm in a rock band, I care about making learning feel possible, personal, and powerful. I teach music, general, and special education with a technology-forward focus. I don't design with tech for the sake of tech. I use it to open doors. Especially for students who've been left out or underestimated. My work is built on one stubborn belief: everyone deserves a real shot at discovering what they can really do.
Have the courage to use your own understanding.
I'm drawn to complexity, contradiction, and the process of learning through failure. I try to model what it looks like to take intellectual risks, to change your mind, and to admit what you don't yet know. The willingness to be wrong is essential to discovery, and that includes discovering who you are and what you believe. My students are invited to step into that space, not to be right, but to be brave.
We are all failures—at least the best of us are.
I come from a background that didn't offer many advantages, but it gave me this: a sharp eye for inequity, a deep respect for effort, and a solemn appreciation for those who helped me along the way. So I advocate. I design for access. I teach for the student who's easiest to overlook. Much of who I am is shaped by the people who stepped up for me. I consider their generosity my burden to pay forward. Not out of obligation, but out of respect. I try to return the favor, one learner at a time.