I was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. My family moved a couple of times before we came to Houston where we have lived for the past seven years. I graduated from Kingwood High School in 2007 and began studying at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. The call to the priesthood is something I had felt for a while gradually became more and more present. So early in November of 2007, I contacted my vocations director to being the application process and entered the seminary in January 2008.