I have been involved in the human services and education since 1979.  I’ve  worked as a counselor, case manager and program manager and director in various non-profit community based agencies, providing assistance to a wide variety of people in need, including the economically disadvantaged, the homeless, the mentally ill, ex-convicts, the developmentally disabled, AIDS victims, and many others.   I also worked as an Educational Case Manager from 1993 to 2001 at CCD’s North Campus.  Since it’s inception in October 2006 I have been the Director of the DTI - Title V grant activity.

I was born in Puerto Rico and lived there as an infant/toddler and again as a teenager.  My main passion is music, which I’ve been making ever since I was 11 years old.   I’ve been a guitarist for 44 years, and have gained international recognition as a composer and performer of “Avant” or “experimental” rock music.*  My wife Leslie and I have been vegetarians for over 20 years, and I love to read, travel (been to Europe about 15 times, as well as to Cuba and Central America), and to hike up mountains.  I have 10 “fourteeners” under my belt and plan to get more.   Leslie and I have two sons, Ian, aged 30, and Ben, aged 29.  I also served in the U.S. Navy from 1972 to 1976. 

* It’s true - see Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_%28guitarist%29