Current job title: Registered nurse, ICU Float Pool.

Hometown: I’ve lived all over the South, and I consider Bowling Green my hometown. I’ve lived here long enough that I’m about ready for a tattoo.

Family: My amazing better half is Jeanie, and we’re proud parents of two talented and mischievous boys.

The one thing no one knows about me is … I’ve registered hundreds of voters with a cool organization called Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. We fight for environmental, racial and economic justice, and we have fun while we do it.

My dream job is … I love what I do now, but I think I’d like to be a family nurse practitioner at a local clinic.

My first job was … dishwasher at Channel Marker Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, N.C.

The best advice I ever got was … no one is free while others are oppressed. And we make the road by walking.

My hero (and why) is … my wife. She has to put up with me. And she’s an inspiring leader, a loving mother and an all-star teacher who never stops working.

If I could do it all over again, I … wouldn’t change much. I’ve lived a pretty charmed life. My deepest regret is probably student loan debt that I may never be able to pay off. A massive problem for lots of folks in our country.

The part of my job I could do without is … seeing the effects of not having universal health care in our country (I have lived in a country that does). So many patients end up hospitalized, critically ill or deceased due to chronic illnesses that are manageable, but they can’t afford treatment. It is heart-breaking and infuriating, and we have to do so much better.

The one thing I always carry with me is … a pen.

Best meal I ever had was … she-crab bisque. If Chef Poling at Hickory & Oak is reading this, can you make this happen?

At the top of my bucket list is … living to see the United States have good social policies that correct our long-standing injustices and enable all of our citizens to thrive. And helping stop climate change so that my kids have a better future.