Jay has been in the Farmington, New Mexico district for 23 years. He began his career as an elementary teacher and progressed to an elementary principal after 16 years. Jay was an elementary principal for four years and has been working as a middle school principal at Mesa View Middle School for two years. Jay has a wife who has also been in education for 17 years and has three children, one in college, one in high school, and one in middle school. In his free time he is a sports enthusiast; both watching and coaching are passions.