Although I began my career in Middle School, when given the opportunity to connect with High School students, and to create the senior experience, it was an opportunity I could not pass up. It has been incredible to be involved with high school students at this important juncture of their lives. 

While I was not a major "camp person" growing up, after getting programming experience in the Young Israel of West Hempstead, one of the largest shuls in America, and increasing attendance exponentially, my first camp director told me "you need to be my programming guy". With that, the journey of creating the camp experience began

Having experience as a Youth Director and running camp programming, my first teaching position came with the role of being a Dean in the Middle School. In this roll, I had the privilege to create the middle school experience while teaching sand meeting with students and meeting their social emotional needs. 

While learning in Smicha, I wanted to find a way to make an impact in children's lives, without taking away from my learning. As such, I accepted to be the Youth Director at a very large and established shul. Once getting there, I was surprised to find around 25 children attending a shul of close to 1,000 families. I was determined to bring the children back to the groups. With that, the mission of creating the youth group experience began.