Born and raised in Kansas, experienced 5 years in the Marines as a 5831 Corrections Specialist; 2014-2019 in Okinawa, Miramar, and Camp Pendleton. Currently organizing with Veterans for Peace and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He is committed to the wider veteran organizing movement, but also the struggles of all oppressed people. Currently serving his second year as the Kansas City chapter president while a student at the University of Kansas for Psychology and Sociology. Tries to look at birds as much as he can.