Manny Lothamer sparked his passion for education working for an after school YWCA program while in college. This love for working with students pushed Manny to start coaching snowboarding at Forest Grove High School while pursuing his B.A. at Pacific University, continuing with the FGHS snowboard team while earning his M.A.T. and starting his teaching career. From 2006 to 2020 Manny was in the classroom, performing different leadership roles on campus, and coaching snowboarding, baseball, and tennis. In 2020 Manny shifted his focus to building educators through an administrator’s lens, and is currently an assistant principal at Montwood High School in El Paso, Texas. Contact Manny at Manny@somosep.org.