Michael has taught for 20 years in grades Preschool to 5th grade. He lives with his wife and 3 children along the coast of Southern New Jersey near a barrier island called Long Beach Island. After Hurricane Sandy hit Michael created a non-profit group called Stafford Teachers And Residents Together, START, that helped over 800 homeowners recover from the disaster while saving more than 3 million dollars in the process. He is a proud National Board Certified teacher who received the Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, PAEMST, in 2018 and was a New Jersey state Teacher of the Year Finalist in 2012 and again in 2021. He was selected as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Michael was one of 5 teachers from North America to be selected as a 2020 Varkey Foundation Global Top Teacher Prize Finalist. In 2022 he traveled to Peru as an NEA Global Learning Fellow.