Nathan Dowds grew up in Shelby, Ohio. After graduation in 2001, he joined the Army in July 2001. He served 2001-2005 as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. He deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002, Afghanistan 2002-2003, Iraq 2003-2004, and Afghanistan again in 2004. After coming home he used the GI Bill to attend Ohio State University and University of California Hastings College of Law. He currently lives in beautiful Granville, Ohio.