If you would like to contact Leo to ask a question or make comments please phone 916-307-8525
Leo’s first exposure to the field of special education was family discussion around the dinner table in his mother’s home. Like Leo, his mother, wife and 2 sisters are also working as special educators.
Leo provided hospice care for his grandmother at the end of her life and his mother encouraged him to consider the profession because it requires “patience and management of personal self-care,” and she knew that he has what it takes.
Leo believes that the 10 years he staffed a homeless shelter and the 8 years he learned about animal husbandry when his family ranched in Campo and home-schooled four children have helped him to acquire a lot of skills for teaching. Leo received his Bachelor’s Degree from SDSU, IV Campus, in Public Administration, as an adult re-entry student.
He has been a teacher for 6 years and holds both the Mild/Moderate and Moderate/Severe California teaching credentials.
Leo and his wife, Terry, have five children and reside in El Centro. Terry and Leo’s sister, Therese, are also special educators at IVCEC.