Essentially I grew up as an Oklahoma boy In tornado alley had one destroy my house. But I moved away to South dakota and here is where I lost almost everything i was sent to foster care to begin my stay until i turned 18 my father is in the national cemetery in stirgis he died from cancer ,my grandmother died in a broke Down truck in a Walmart parking lot. And my mother had a breast removed due to cancer as well. I've tried to stay strong during all of this because I know that they would want me to succeed in life so here I am trying to succeed all I need is a Chance. I was also person of the year in 2006 times magazine