He lives on a five-acre farm with his wife, Michelle, and numerous farm animals. He earned his MFA in poetry from Columbia College Chicago and currently is looking to publish a book-length collection of poems titled Syndication about a man's relationship with television, as well as a chapbook-length collection titled The Birds and The Bees. His work has most recently appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, Ophelia Street, The Legendary, and The GC Advocate.