Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, May 14, 1975 moved to south Louisiana at age 5 grew up in rice fields, Crawfish ponds, an on a shrimp boat. always in the outdoors from daylight to dark. at age 13 we moved to Bakersfield California. there i picked up racing Go-Karts for a hobby and was good at it, so started racing in the International Karting Federation with good finishes on old equipment i was recognized by some of the bigger teams an was then asked to join the team at Bierman Motorsports, and CodyCo Racing where I had consistent top 5 finishes, with several prestigious victories. IT'S ALSO WHERE I WENT TO Bakersfield High School an took drama class for two semesters. difficult to fit in coming from such a small community of maybe 5-6 thousand people to a high school with 5000 people. and i had a Cajun accent. Ya. exactly and my size instant shrimp......ya overcame the bulling an graduated, went to Jr. collage. took architectural design classes. get done. went into the construction industry an worked there until 2013,