Hello, my name is John Voyda. I grew up in St. Paul in the Rice Street area and attended St. Paul schools. I graduated from Como Park High School, then I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University in Secondary Education, and later my Master of Arts degree from Saint Mary's University in Secondary Education. I began my teaching career at Harding in 1998.

Since then, I got married and had two daughters and a son. In my spare time I like to read, work with my hands on various projects at home, and take my family camping and other family-fun activities.