Nick grew up in a working-class family that taught him the value of service, not status. His mom is a nurse, his dad a carpenter, and from an early age, he learned that hard work and compassion go hand in hand. He bagged groceries at the local Dierberg’s to fund service trips with his local church, translating for American doctors treating families in Central America — experiences that shaped his belief that the measure of a community is how it treats people in need.