Graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Memphis 2004 with Majors in Foreign Languages, Philosophy, and Political Science with a Minor in Economics.
Spent a summer in Fortaleza, Brazil in 2003, taking intensive immersion Portuguese while getting his Masters Degree from Vanderbilt.
Spent a summer in Chicoutimi, Quebec, taking intensive immersion courses, and spent most of his time with the then-leader of the Parti Quebecois Jeunes, leading him to sign up as the only PQ member from the state of Tennessee.
Founded, designed, built, owns and runs The Packing Plant, a commercial building housing several art galleries and art-based non-profits in Nashville, TN.
College roommate with Actor/Director Kentucker Audley at University of Memphis.