I began my teaching journey at the age of 14, by giving guitar lessons to younger students around the neighborhood. I haven't stopped teaching music since. Guiding my students through Mel Bay's beginner classics, some eventually progressed to Hendrix's Purple Haze and exploring pentatonic improvisations. This early experience ignited my passion for teaching music, a passion that has remained constant throughout my career. Since 2012, I have served as a professor of music technology, dedicating more than a decade to educating students in the San Francisco Bay Area and now as an Associate Professor of Practice at Baptist University in Hong Kong. Throughout my career, I have actively engaged with undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students, crafting and delivering a diverse range of courses in music technology, audio engineering, and multimedia composition. These courses include Introduction to Music Technology, Programming Musical Applications, Theory of Musical Synthesis, The Art and Technique of DJing, Electronic Instrument Building, and Electronic Music Performance Practices.

My teaching philosophy is an ecosystem where cultivating the artist, training the professional, and inspiring the lifelong learner are interdependent. By fostering artistic growth, I prepare students to enter the professional world with a personalized creative identity. By focusing on professionalism, I ensure that their artistry can be sustained and respected in a competitive industry. By encouraging a commitment to lifelong learning, I support both their artistic evolution and professional adaptability. In my classroom, students are not just preparing for an evaluation or career; they are embarking on a lifelong journey of artistic fulfillment and professional excellence.

Every student possesses an innate creative capacity that must be discovered, refined, and profusely encouraged. I am dedicated to fostering and cultivating this “inner voice” through a pedagogical approach that respects their individuality and interactively builds upon their creative foundations. My role is to provide an environment where experimentation, exploration, and even the occasional failure, are encouraged. I provide an expansive landscape of ideas for the students to navigate, where they can explore the intersections of technology and artistry, fall into rabbit-holes, and discover themselves along the way. I focus on developing students' abilities to express their ideas through their craft, to innovate with the resources at hand, and to create works that resonate with their own artistic vision.

Preparing students for the professional world is a cornerstone of my teaching philosophy. I feel compelled to equip them with not only the technical skills necessary for success in the music industry but also the professionalism required in any field. This includes a strong work ethic, the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, and an understanding of the workflows that can enhance one's creative practice, career, or personal life. Through project-based learning and real-world scenarios, I ensure that students leave my course as skilled proto-professionals ready to contribute to and shape the future of music.

I am deeply committed to instilling a passion for lifelong learning in my students. The global music industry and the field of music technology are both ever-evolving, and rapidly so; continuous learning and experimentation is absolutely crucial for sustained success in one’s career. By modeling this value in my own career and by presenting creativity as a form of learning, as a dynamic and ongoing process, I aim to inspire students to remain curious, to seek out new knowledge, and to embrace the challenges of change and of life. I encourage my students to see their collegiate education not as a degree but as a challenging adventure, one that enriches both their professional paths and creative lives.