I grew up in McDonough, Georgia, what was at the time a smaller town about halfway between Atlanta and Macon. I grew up in a family of educators, with both my grandfathers being school administrators and both my parents being elementary teachers. I grew up playing baseball and running in both cross country and track and field in high school. 

I went to Liberty University for Undergrad where I rowed for the Crew team before getting injured. I graduated with a degree in History. I then attended Liberty University School of Law where I was a part of the Student Leadership and Negotiations Traveling Team. 

Upon graduating from law school I accepted a job as a Deputy District Attorney out in Fort Collins, Colorado, where I had spent the previous summer interning. 

I spent almost 4 years in Fort Collins as a Deputy District Attorney. While there I handled everything from simple misdemeanors, to high level felonies, including trafficking of drugs and attempted murder trials. While in Fort Collins, I was consistently one of the top Deputy District Attorneys when it came to trials, and was consistently trying the most cases in the office. 

In 2022 I decided to move back closer to home and family and took a job in the Gaston County District Attorneys Office. In Gaston I continued to handle various felony level cases, including trying high level kidnapping, rape and murder trials.

After spending 5 years as a District Attorney at one level or another, I decided to leave the world of government work and enter into private practice.