I grew up in Shenandoah, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2013 and I am currently pursuing my Master's of Arts in English from the University of Nebraska at Kearney hopefully to be completed in 2022. I have been teaching high school English and History classes since 2015.

Currently, I teach sophomore and senior English at Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough New Jersey. I live in Montgomery, New Jersey with my wife Ashley, a professor at Rutgers University and a practicing BCBA in moderating severe behavior, my 4-year-old son Strider and 1-year-old son Kai.