I was born and raised in Michigan, where I attended Michigan Technological University. While in college, I studied Mechanical Engineering and did Air Force ROTC. Upon graduating, I was commissioned in the US Air Force and assigned to the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) in Oklahoma City, OK. In the summer of 2004, I was transferred to Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. Shortly after arriving in San Antonio, I deployed to Baghdad International Airport. In July 2005, I deployed to the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as a security advisor for a General Officer. I have enjoyed travelling around the world serving with the military and look forward to travelling across the United States for two months in order to help another great cause.

I figure that a life devoted to helping those around you will never be a waste. My boy Teddy Roosevelt said, �??No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.�?� That is what first inspired me about the military and what has inspired me to take part in the Texas 4000. The fight against cancer is truly a �??great cause�?�. I look forward to serving a cause which will donate money and more importantly hope to those affected by cancer and give a piece of my life fighting that which has taken a piece of so many other lives.