Graduated from Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa, CA in 1986.
Earned a Master's in Fine Arts, Creative Writing degree from Full Sail University in 2011.
His NCO Evaluation Report from Iraq credits him with leaving the protection of a hardened bunker during a mortar attack in order to locate two missing soldiers.
Working on Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting. (November 2010)
Deployed to Iraq with Oregon National Guard (June 2009)