 I grew up in poverty and came from a broken home. My parents divorced when I was 12 years old. And I didn't really do very well in high school. I had a hard time, got poor grades, skipped a lot of class, to the point where I was nearly kicked out of high school. At 17, signed up for the Army. By 21 years old, I was being deployed to Desert Storm. I went into a foreign country to fight for my country. Came back four years later. I came back to the Central Wisconsin area with the intention of going back to college in the criminal justice field. When I got back, I found out there was about a two-year waiting list to get into that field. So I took on a job and, you know, just started paying the bills and living my life. Over the next 20-plus years, I met my wife, got married, built a house, had two beautiful girls together, and life was good, but I just didn't feel satisfied with what I was doing for a living. Like I said, I struggled in high school, didn't get good grades, so I was really reluctant to go to college. I didn't have that self-confidence myself that I would be able to do it, you know, that I would be successful. Well, here I am three years later in front of you, and I've achieved a lot of goals that I never thought I would.