"I grew up without a steady place to call home. My father worked for an oil equipment sales company and his promotions always meant a new home. Among the many homes that I have had growing up most were in Texas (Corpus Christi, Midland, Houston) but several were out of state and even out of country. Edmond, Oklahoma; Littleton, Colorado; Veracruz, Mexico; and Caracas, Venezuela to name a few. I actually graduated high school in Venezuela and moved back to the states to start college at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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I started college as a computer science major which abruptly ended after a couple semesters. I would like to say it was a lack of interest but it was probably more of a lack of dedication and direction. It took a few years for me to figure out that minimum wage labor was not going to do it. A little soul searching and some reason lead me to re enroll in college this time as a radiology major. It was during x-ray school that I met and fell in love with my, now, wife Genia.

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X-Ray school was the first time I really felt a drive to excel in an academic environment. After 4 years I earned a Bachelors of Science in Radiologic Sciences graduating Magna Cum Laude. I started work as an X-ray tech in Abilene, Texas of all places where I worked for 2 years before moving to Dallas to be near my family. While I was in Dallas I worked at Texas Regional Medical Center in Sunnyvale. The traffic is horrible in Dallas and I don't recommend it to anyone. ​

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I had another reason for moving back to Dallas though. While I was still in X-ray school I had decided that I would become a radiologist. After settling in Dallas, I began taking pre-med courses at UT Dallas and Richland College. Over the next two years I managed to take all of the required coursework in chemistry, physics, biology, and math to apply to medical school. Best yet, I had managed it without lowering my GPA which I knew would matter on my applications. Somewhere along the line, I spent a day shadowing my Father-in-law to get a feel for what a Chiropractor does. I had no idea.