Ross worked as a high school and middle school teacher for seven years and loved it. He explains it this way, “What other job in the world pays you to talk about the greatest stories, poems, and books ever written?” While he loved teaching in the classroom, he wanted to positively influence kids during another critically important stage of life, early childhood. Ross completed his BA in English and his MA in History and is credentialed with California as an English and Social Studies teacher. Ross and his wife Alexandra have been happily married for two years and have a wonderful cat named Maddox.