Not quite an Arizona native, Ken Sorensen moved to Arizona with his family as a young child.  He grew up in Glendale and attended high school and junior college there. As Ken married and started a family, he worked in construction equipment related jobs until an economic downturn hit the Valley of the Sun.  Being unemployed, Ken and his young family made the sacrifices necessary for him to return to school. He completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and began teaching high school; a life-long dream. Ken is certified to teach both history and English and, during a 30-year career in education, has taught high school in two states. He also taught junior college at both Mesa and Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges for 12 of those years. Ken has always taught with a humanities approach, believing that if we understand who people are and what their motives are, we will more likely understand what they have written.