Ryan Ebersole is a graduate student in counseling psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. Having finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Evansville in Indiana, high school in the Fort Worth area of Texas and pre-K in Puerto Rico, and having been born in Florida, he has experienced several areas of the county.

While in Indiana, he worked at a social work agency for HIV+ clients, as well as a low-income community drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility - both of which have caused him to take a great interest in the stigmatized and the disadvantaged in our society. After finishing his graduate degree next year, he hopes to serve these groups, as well as continue political activism, especially for LGBT and health care rights, on the side.