Ben Campopiano was born and raised in Walnut Creek, California. He attended Walnut Acres Elementary and Foothill Middle School, and graduated from Northgate High School in 1998. After high school he attended Cal Poly University (San Luis Obispo) and Diablo Valley College before graduating from Saint Mary's College of California in 2003 with a B.A. in Communications.

After college, Campopiano moved to Washington, D.C to work in the political industry. From 2004 to 2006 he worked in D.C., Boston, and San Francisco on the Presidential and Congressional elections. During his time working on political campaigns he organized community volunteers, registered citizens to vote, did small-donor fundraising, worked on improving voter turnout, and managed grassroots campaign operations.

In 2007 Campopiano moved back to the East Bay and began working on his Teaching Credential in Social Science at Chapman University. He also worked for the Mt. Diablo Unified School District as a susbstitute teacher and summer school teacher. In the fall of 2007 Campopiano was hired by the Pittsburg Unified School District to teach in the Social Science Department at Pittsburg High School.

Besides teaching, Campopiano coaches baseball at Northgate and runs the Bronco Baseball Academy with his brother Jon Campopiano. He has been coaching high school athletics and directing summer camps for over five years. Campopiano also designed, created, and maintains the Northgate athletics website, www.NorthgateBroncos.org. In his spare time Campopiano enjoys playing golf, excercising, reading, volunteering, and spending time with his friends and family.

Class Schedule

A	Computers	TC
1	Psycology	40
2	Psycology	40
3	Psycology	32
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5	US Gov	40
6	US Gov	40