John Kibblewhite is an English as a Second Language and Learning Assistance Teacher in Richmond. He has taught at both the secondary and elementary level and spent three years teaching in Japan. Formerly, he was a community worker in the fields of race relations, mental health and developmental disabilities working for the Social Planning and Review Council of British Columbia and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, a Bachelor of Social Work in Community Work and a Master's of Education in Second Language Acquisition. He is married and the father of a young daughter.