He opened his practice in July after completing his craniofacial fellowship in Dallas Medical City Children’s Hospital . He grew up in Dallas, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. He went to Loma Linda University School of Medicine, which was founded to create physicians that do mission work. and then Southwestern Adventist University. He wants to do mission work because he grew up with an appreciation for mission work because his parents were missionaries in college. He has been on 3 LEAP missions and enjoys snowboarding.