Jon Dunn started in Special Education at Winslow Elementary School before making the move to midcoast Maine in 2025. Before teaching, he served in the Marine Corps as an Arabic and Spanish translator, worked as a producer for Discovery Channel in Los Angeles, and ran an Italian restaurant in New York. In his free time, Jon enjoys hiking, boating, cooking, and traveling with his wife, Jennie, and their Boston terrier, Buddy.

Academic affiliations:

A.A. in Modern Standard Arabic, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA

A.A. in Television and Film Production, Fullerton College, CA

B.A. in Journalism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

M.A. in Teaching, State University of New York, New Paltz