As you know, my name is Preston Crow. My wife Catherine and I moved to Ashland five years ago from Cambridge. I work as a software engineer at EMC in Hopkinton, and Catherine teaches fourth through sixth grades at Pincushion Hill Montessori School here in Ashland. Our family includes two dogs that we recenlty adopted from Baypath Humane Society: Maple and Daisy. We attend the Presbyterian Church in Sudbury.

I was born and raised in Boise, Idaho, and graduated from Boise High in 1987. I went to college at Northwest Nazarene College (since renamed to University), and then went to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for graduate school. It was there that I not only received my Master's degree, but more importantly also met my lovely wife. After living in her home state of New Jersey, we moved to Cambridge where I briefly worked for The Open Group before being hired by EMC. So that brought us to Ashland, where we expect to remain for many years to come.

I have a number of hobbies. I enjoy walking in the town forest and hiking. When the weather is nice, I like to commute to work by bicycle. I never fully outgrew playing with LEGOs, and I recently joined NELUG, an adult LEGO club. I'm also an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval recreation soceity.

I have long had a strong interest in politics and government. Since moving to Ashland, I have attended town meetings and followed other aspects of the town on the cable channel. I'll readily admit that I have no formal experience with government beyond serving on the student senate when I was in college, but with my background and ideas, I'm ready to serve.

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