Joe is a programmer, designer, teacher, and gamer. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz majoring in Computer Game Design and spent three years working at an education technology startup in Santa Cruz. There, he designed and taught a range of high-tech kids camps and developed software and curriculum to help elementary and middle school teachers use the game of Minecraft as a teaching tool. Joe believes in the power of games in education and is excited to be working with EDMO to bring game-based learning to more students. In his spare time, Joe enjoys cooking, hiking, racquetball, watching movies, and (of course) playing video games.