I was born in Pocatello, Idaho and grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho. After graduating from Blackfoot High School in 2004, I spent two years in the Louisville, Kentucky Mission. When I returned home from my mission I attended BYU-Idaho where I met my wife, Leslie. We were married November 2009.
After graduating from BYU-Idaho, I was accepted into the Idaho Dental Education Program and attended dental school at Creighton School of Dentistry in Omaha, Nebraska where I graduated with the highest honors-Summa Cum Laude and inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society and Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Society.