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Dave Beck was born in 1950 in Long Beach, California, where he still lives. He describes himself as a classic Baby Boomer: child of the 50's, grew up in the 60's, did some scary stuff in the 70's, then got married and had two daughters in the 80's. He has a journalism BA, and an Engineering BS from California State University, Long Beach. His career spans working at a local newspaper, then for some years in my family's sailboat hardware manufacturing business, then nearly 20 years in the aerospace materials industry. Making "the best career move of my life, " by getting into teaching when aerospace contracted sharply in the early '90s, he picked up his first teaching credential at Cal State Dominguez and a Master's degree in school administration from Pepperdine. He's been married to the same amazing woman, Frannie Spokane, since 1977. She is a practicing speech pathologist, and she, "taught me almost everything I know about how young people's brains work and develop, " information that is unconscionably rare in many teaching curriculums across the country. That their two beautiful grown daughters, Natasha and Nicole, turned out to be the amazing young women they are is largely due to her effort and wisdom. Fran is a Pittsburgh native, transplanted to southern California in her early 20's. She grew up in a small Pittsburgh neighborhood, enjoying a rich education by way of advanced educational programs that used to be the norm in most school districts. She was a straight A student, always hard working. She was a creative force throughout her school years, singing, writing plays, performing in local theatre, and dreaming of a "life on Broadway." She came to her senses, and pursed her higher education experience, by going to Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, and when she moved to California, finished her Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Communicative Disorders at California State University, Long Beach. She has been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist both...