Samuel Mendez is an Instructional Technology Coach for Madera Unified School Distict. He has been an educator for 10 years. Discovering his passion for educational technology early on, he has worked in the field on multiple levels and environments for more than half of his career. Considering himself an open platfom tech user, Samuel advocates and supports the embedding of any technology in learning in order to empower both students and teachers. He is a forerunner for the Google Apps for Education Movement and considers himself a Google Apps innovator. He is also a very proud husband and daddy of two boys.