After graduating with a degree in communication from the University of California, San Diego, Josh moved back home to Davis. There he spent five years as a para-educator in the field of special education, working with children with disabilities in public schools. Josh then attended law school at the University of Oregon. As a law student, Josh clerked for a superior court judge in Humboldt County and served on the Oregon Review of International Law. Building on his previous experience in education, Josh gravitated to public interest law. He volunteered with Legal Services of Northern California before coming to Legal Aid.