I was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and moved back to the area in 2006 to attend Winona State University. When I graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2009, I had intended to take a year off doing service work while I applied to medical school.

I was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and moved back to the area in 2006 to attend Winona State University. When I graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2009, I had intended to take a year off doing service work while I applied to medical school.

I moved into the Bethany House, which at the time was the only emergency housing in Winona County. This experience transformed my life and sent me on a trajectory of working to solve the hardest problems in order to help Winona. One year of volunteer

I moved into the Bethany House, which at the time was the only emergency housing in Winona County. This experience transformed my life and sent me on a trajectory of working to solve the hardest problems in order to help Winona. One year of volunteering quickly turned into three. At the Bethany House, we provided shelter, food, and companionship living with the men receiving services.

In 2011, we learned about oil and gas companies approaching Winona County land owners to purchase bluffs and bulldoze them for the sand inside. The volunteers at the Bethany house started a protest movement that garnered national attention that ultim

In 2011, we learned about oil and gas companies approaching Winona County land owners to purchase bluffs and bulldoze them for the sand inside. The volunteers at the Bethany house started a protest movement that garnered national attention that ultimately led to the banning of frac sand mining.

In 2013, my wife and I learned about the thousands of migrants dying on the U.S/Mexico border, we biked to Tucson and spent 18 months providing life saving humanitarian aid in the desert.

In 2013, my wife and I learned about the thousands of migrants dying on the U.S/Mexico border, we biked to Tucson and spent 18 months providing life saving humanitarian aid in the desert.