I was born at George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. My father is an Air Force veteran, and my early years took me from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Dayton, Ohio, then to Adrian, Michigan, and eventually all the way to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where I attended a multinational elementary school. When I came back to the U.S., I went to school in Wauseon, Ohio, from second grade through my freshman year of high school.

For my sophomore year, ...