I grew up in the small, Southern Colorado town of Trinidad. School was a high priority of mine growing up. I graduated high school in 1999 as Valedictorian of my small class of 99 kids.
After graduating high school, I attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated with a Bachelors in Political Science in 2003. Shortly thereafter I moved to south Denver Metro where I have lived since then. I love the South Metro area, the access to the mountains and activities, and don’t think we will ever leave the area!
During college, I worked part-time as an assistant to a number of home and auto insurance agents as a licensed assistant for 4 years. This was my first experience in financial services.
After college, I worked several different jobs and careers, somewhat changing where I wanted to end up as most younger post-college kids find their way! I worked at a law firm, on a political campaign in 2004, and then back into insurance and financial services thereafter – life insurance sales and the mortgage industry.
In 2008, I was introduced to the Medicare industry by a long-time friend and mentor. I quickly realized that this was a great long term career, as it balanced financial services with protecting clients’ most important asset: their health and well being. I loved the fact that I would be able to develop long term relationships and friendships with many clients and help them year after year with their finances and health care!
In 2017, I met the best thing to ever happen to me: my beautiful wife Jenna! We were married in 2020 during a quite unusual COVID wedding environment! After spending over 15 years in the auto industry, Jenna joined the business in 2022 and also helps clients with their Medicare plans, and of course, is an even better agent than me I must say 🙂
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
I have quite a few interests and hobbies to keep me busy, and to hopefully keep me growing as a person!
My first hobby that I loved was playing golf which my Dad introduced me to at age 8. I played all through school, playing in State all 4 years of high school, and earning an All State Status my Senior Year of high school. I still play today, albeit not as much as I would like, nor as well!
Health and fitness is very important to me. I try to keep my foot in a lot of different fitness activities to be well rounded from weight lifting, running and races, flexibility, training Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, hiking, and skiing.
One of my main LOVES in life is music. I started learning piano at age 12 and have been playing ever since. I grew up playing classic rock like Billy Joel, Elton John, the Beatles etc. I’ve added a lot of favorite artists over the years and deep dive different music regularly. My wife and I are avid concert goers and both love live music. Around 2010 I rededicated myself to piano technique and took lessons for about 12 years afterwards mainly studying jazz piano, musical theory, and classical. In 2023, I took up learning the guitar and have loved playing and learning that almost everyday since then!
I am a current events, business, and investing news junkie. I’m always watching the markets and business news to see what’s happening out in the world and economy.
I also love listening to audio-books and reading, and I would throw podcasts into this category as well. My favorites are usually listening to biographies from business leaders like Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Bob Iger to presidents like Lincoln, Washington, Grant, Johnson, Bush, Reagan, Nixon etc. to music icons like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Tom Petty and others. I also enjoy dabbling in classic fiction like The Grapes of Wrath or 1984.
I also spend my time with events with the South Metro Denver Chamber as well as supporting and volunteering for the Sims Fayola Foundation.