David Valdez was born and raised in the Fox Valley region of Illinois. He helped start the Mustard Seed Jesus House In Aurora, Illinois to help youth in their journey. He has traveled 5 times to South America on Medical Missions trips in Peru and to feed the hungry in the dumps of Quito, Ecuador. He presently lives in Duluth, Georgia. Although presently retired, he has a PhD. in chemistry and worked for several companies. He has written in many diverse chemical journals but is now taking special pleasure in personal writing.