Ben Vattanonta was raised in Southern California and is new to our Central Coast community.

Mr. V graduated from California State University Northridge in 2002 and has worked in education ever since. He brings to St Mary's nearly 20 years of teaching experience. His unique experiences in education include: one on one tutoring, outdoor school programs, coaching, mentoring programs and SAT prep courses.

Outside of education, some of his interests include traveling, cooking, hiking, boxing and comedy movies.