Biography/Personal History

My family from left to right: Nathan, Jonathan, Julie, David.

was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1985. I spent my childhood in the small town of Winona Lake with my parents and my older brother.

My father's business brought us to Nashville when I was ten--Dad needed a bigger airport within driving distance and all that. I spent my childhood in the suburbs. In fifth grade, my dad gave me my first copy of Dreamweaver and the gift of a domain extension; I have been making websites ever since.

I went to high school at MLK. At first I didn't like it. It looked like a big basement. I wrestled for three years and played soccer for four.

The summer before my junior year, I completed an internship at Sync-Logic, a web and media firm. I returned later for another internship and also interned with Sitemason, a group of web developers that support a content management system; Diving Board partnered with Sitemason in 2007.

Nathan with his motorcycle.

I attended youth group at Harpeth Community Church in Franklin, Tenn. I went to Mexico with them four times. I have also been to Honduras and Costa Rica.

At the end of my junior year in high school, I started working at Oasis Center, a youth-focused non-profit. I stayed for over two years and coordinated Teenedge.com, a website for nashville youth supported by youth journalists and webmasters.

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In my senior year of high school I was student body president. That was fun. We made public service announcement movies and planned talent shows.

I became a motorcycle rider out of high school. My dad got me into it. I started on a Buell Blast 250, then went to a KLR 650, and now I ride a V-Strom 650.

I began studying journalism at Belmont University in 2004. NPR has been a great influence. Programming like This American Life inspires me. I'm a fan of Wall Street Journal among other things on the print side.

Nathan as a news intern at Nashville Public Radio where he completed around 50 stories in 2006.

At the end of my freshman year at Belmont, I began to invest more in my website solutions company, Diving Board. My sophomore year, I was a residential assistant and got people in trouble when they had candles or played music too loud.

I cultivatied my love for writing and story at the student paper where I did various things till my Junior year, when I served as online editor of the Belmont Vision. During this time, I experimented with telling story across media, using tools such as photos and video.

In the summer of 2006, I was a news intern at Nashville Public Radio and wrote around 50 stories. Check out some of my writing. I also am trying to write a piece of fiction, which I have found is a passion.

I am set to graduate from Belmont in May, 2008. I hope to continue to work as a story-teller and/or web designer in some capacity, perhaps in Nashville, but those are just my plans. We'll see what happens!