Mr. Heinz was born in Eugene, Oregon on May 24, 1984. His parents moved to Salem when he was two years old and that is where he spent the majority of his time (for better or worse…) until he was eighteen years old. After graduating from Sprague High School, it was time to move onto college…
In the fall of 2002 Mr. Heinz began attending the University of Oregon, where he earned a B.A. in English and later a Masters Degree in Middle School and High School Education. If there had been a minor offered in Creative Writing, he probably would have had enough credits to earn that as well…
It was also during this time that Mr. Heinz had some of his poetry published nationally for the first time in a journal called Sentence. Mr. Heinz still enjoys writing poetry and fiction alike to this day.
After graduating from the University of Oregon with his Masters in 2007 Mr. Heinz got his first teaching job at Kennedy Middle School the same summer. He has been teaching English, Social Studies, Creative Writing and Technology at Kennedy Middle School ever since, and loves every day of his job.
Mr. Heinz’s other interests include: basketball, billiards, reading, movies, video games, spending time with friends and family, etc.
And to answer the question on all your minds: Mr. Heinz is related to the good folks that started the Heinz Ketchup company, but not closely enough to inherit any vast fortunes…
