Brooks is an enthusiastic Montessori educator who has served several Montessori school communities through the roles of guide, administrator, and board member. Brooks holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Carleton College, AMI Elementary Diploma from Washington Montessori Institute, master’s degree in Montessori Education from Loyola University in Maryland, and AMI Adolescent Diploma from the International Montessori Training Institute in Ohio. For the past 27 years, he has drawn inspiration working for Montessori schools centering farm and environmental education. Supporting the self-construction of children and adolescents’ mathematical minds in Montessori prepared environments has also been a passion. 

In his free time, Brooks enjoys listening to and performing music, art, traveling, and spending time with family.