I grew up in north San Diego County as a third generation native Californian. My parents provided a caring and supportive home to my sister and me. I attended public and Christian schools, and my family regularly attended church. I grew up working summers in our family electrical contracting business that my grandfather started in…

I was born into a military family and moved many times to wherever my father was stationed.  After high school, I attended college and graduated with a civil engineering degree from UC Davis and then joined the Navy and was stationed on aircraft carriers as a non-pilot aircrew in the EA-6B “Prowler” jet. During my…