Former US Army private, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After serving in Afghanistan, joined eight others seeking refugee status in Canada in 2004. Currently awaiting Canadian Supreme Court ruling. “Life is dynamic, and if you're confronted with doing something wrong, it's not right to abdicate your duty and obligation to be a moral being.”

"Just because you volunteer to do something, it doesn't mean that your ability to be a moral being should become static."