Patrick Albano teaches 8th grade writing at the Soulsville Charter School, a 6-12 school in Memphis, where he also coaches high school rugby. Previously, Patrick taught 6th-8th grade English Language Arts at Sherwood Middle School, where he coached baseball and football and helped to build a sustainable school garden. While at the school, Patrick collaborated on writing a school improvement grant for Sherwood Middle to become part of the Innovation Zone, an initiative to bring schools at the bottom 5% to the top 25% within five years. Patrick graduated from the University of Florida with a BA in Anthropology and Political Science and earned an MEd from the the University of Southern California.