Allen BoltzAllen Boltz was a Navy brat. He was born in Jacksonville Florida, spent time in Long Beach, Coronado and San Diego, California, before moving to Richmond, Virginia and then Fallon, Nevada. In 1988 he moved to the East Bay and attended high school in Alameda. He earned an A.A. degree from Chabot College in Hayward before attending Humboldt State University where he received a B.A. in Chemistry along with his teaching credential. This is Allen’s first year as a credentialed teacher. Before that, he worked with AmeriCorps in court and community schools as well as working directly with juvenile detention and foster youth services. Allen spent last summer working at The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory testing stoves headed for refugee camps in Western Sudan as part of the Darfur Stoves Project. It wasn’t until he took a chemistry course in college that he discovered the amazing nature of science. Now, he likens the study science to eating ice cream. Allen is married with two children. |