Josh has dedicated his career and life to helping people improve themselves through education. Growing up in the rural town of Oil City in northwestern Pennsylvania, he appreciated the power of education as a transformative force. Josh double-majored at the University of Pittsburgh in Psychology and History and fell in love with Pittsburgh’s food and music cultures. Josh went on to earn a Master’s Degree with Honors from Pitt’s School of Education while teaching in the North Hills.
His fifteen-year teaching career has spanned leading classes in public and private high schools, colleges, private tutoring, non-profit endeavors, and at-risk interventions; Josh now fills his commitment to education as the Director of Education and Technology and instructor at Pittsburgh Prep, leading an amazing team of dedicated educators. Josh prides himself on his deep, caring manner of teaching and commitment to providing insight whether in SSAT prep or AB Calculus, and students appreciate the level of enthusiasm and empathy he exhibits on a daily basis in and out of the classroom. Josh’s SAT classes and private tutoring students average 150-200 point increases on a regular basis, reflecting the overall average improvements at Pittsburgh Prep and their appreciation of his bad jokes.
In his free time, Josh enjoys strength training and long-distance running, #nerdingout with technology, completing (very) amateur home repair, and spending time with his wife and adopted pets, Chewbacca and Gordon.