Ridge View would like to welcome Mr. Collins to the English Department and the Blazer family. He is from northeast Columbia and a product of Richland II (Lonnie Bee, Dent Middle, and Richland Northeast HS). He graduated from the University of SC in 2007 with a degree in English Literature. Mr. Collins was a Park Ranger for the City of Columbia for several years, worked at Books-a-Million on Forest Drive, and in 2012 joined the Army. While in the Army he served as a Human Resources Specialist for the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, GA, and for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy. He came back to Columbia in 2018 to pursue a career in education with the aim of teaching in Richland II. He enjoys coffee, crosswords, and long-distance hiking and bicycling.
