I hold a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from University of Phoenix and am completing my Master of Science in Administration of Justice and Security at the same university (expected graduation November 2026). For twenty-one years I have worked inside corrections and parole: first as a Senior Correctional Officer with the South Dakota Department of Corrections and as a Correctional Officer II and training officer at Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls, and for the last...
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from University of Phoenix and am completing my Master of Science in Administration of Justice and Security at the same university (expected graduation November 2026). For twenty-one years I have worked inside corrections and parole: first as a Senior Correctional Officer with the South Dakota Department of Corrections and as a Correctional Officer II and training officer at Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls, and for the last eleven years as civilian administration staff with Texas Parole. The past four years I have been a supervisor in the after-hours Parole Command Center, where we serve as the statewide warrant unit for parole. I still perform these duties every shift and have maintained full NCIC/TCIC terminal operator certification for eleven straight years.
Although I have not tutored privately before, I have spent more than a decade training new command-center staff, writing standard operating procedures, delivering briefings to law-enforcement partners on warrant and electronic-monitoring protocols, and mentoring new operators one-on-one as they earned their certifications. My tutoring approach is practical and practitioner-focused: I turn policy into real 3 a.m. scenarios, walk students through research papers and APA formatting for criminal justice classes, and help shift workers prepare for promotional exams and oral boards.
I work best with college students and adult learners already in the field—correctional officers earning degrees on night shifts, parole administrative staff, or anyone tired of instructors who have never issued a real parole warrant or watched an ankle monitor go dead. My own schedule is built around night hours, so I am almost always available when other shift workers are free. Sessions with me feel like talking shop with someone who is still doing the job right now.
