Mr. Cassidy has been a public high school teacher
in California for 23 years. He spent 11 years teaching at Compton High
School prior to its takeover
by the state of California. He taught psychology, and initiated the first
two-year program in high school psychology in the United States. He also
taught child, physiological, and general psychology at Compton College
for several years.
At Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California, in the Centinela Valley
High School District, Mr. Cassidy taught English, psychology, driver
education, and journalism over a 12-year period. He served as head of
the English department for two years.
Mr. Cassidy has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology
from USC and Pepperdine University, respectively, along with a master’s
in secondary education from USC. He also has a lifetime secondary teaching
credential and a health and safety credential.
Having retired from public education in 2004, Mr. Cassidy volunteers
to continue his long-time work of assisting students from low-income
families to go to college, providing them with college information, college
visits, financial aid and scholarship application support.
At Wexford Mr. Cassidy directs Wexford special projects, including those
of direct support to students. He is chief editor of Wexford publications.