In 2010, he was elected to the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board where he served until 2015.
He earned a Juris Doctor degree at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2019.
[1] After teaching high school, Schapira taught as an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University.
He was the Education Committee's ranking member during his final term in the House and in the Senate.
On August 28, 2012, Schapira lost a race for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the newly created 9th district, placing second in the three-way primary, losing to future United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema.