Justin was born in Naperville, IL in 1984. A year later he moved to Rockaway, NJ where he lived until 2007. He attended Morris Hills High School and spent a few semesters taking Criminal Justice courses at the County College of Morris. Snowboarding became Justin's passion early on in life and later used that to become an instructor at Mountain Creek in Vernon, NJ teaching young children the sport. Other interests include cars, music, and motorcycles. In 2007 Justin became a resident at Gatehouse Academy and completed their residential and transitional programs. He has been sober going on 3 years and working at Gatehouse as a Residential Tech for the past 9 months helping other young adults to see that it is possible to live a good life while sober.