T.J. Burdick is an author, blogger, poet, and educator.
He began teaching for the inner-city Grand Rapids public school district. After a year teaching, he and his wife became missionaries in Mexico through the Mi Casa Foundation, serving the poor children of the Casa Hogar de los Pequeños San José, a boarding school for boys raised in poverty and psychological distress.
He currently works as a 6th grade Spanish immersion teacher for the Forest Hills Public Schools and earned a M.A.T. through Aquinas College.