Patrick is an award winning educator located in New York City. In addition to regular teaching duties, Patrick is routinely asked to craft lessons for outside organizations, include the National Women's History Museum and Teaching American History. Patrick has been sourced on education policy in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox News, and Chalkbeat. Patrick has contributed to his professional community through his service on the Teacher Advisory Council on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Teacher Advisory Council for the National Humanities Center. In the classroom, Patrick places great emphasis on historical thinking skills--corroborating primary and secondary sources, sourcing texts, and evaluating evidence. Students walk away from Patrick's course not only with enhanced content knowledge, but also a greater understanding and appreciation for the work of historians by analyzing and critically thinking through difficult texts.