Chris was born in Frankfurt, Germany and spent the first six years of his life traveling through Europe with his parents and brothers. Eventually those travels brought them all to the far-northern suburb of Chicago called Grayslake.

At Northwestern University Chris is currently studying Linguistics, and Animate Arts. Beyond the pressing concerns of academics he is also a counselor for the freshman orientation camping/hiking program, Project Wildcat, as well as a member of the Northwestern Mime Company, ask him to pretend like he's trapped in a glass box, he loves it. He has also acted in several plays and student films throughout his time at Northwestern.

With the knowledge gained from his research project Chris hopes to be able to take over the world, or at least to add to the understanding of the evolution of global languages, and their impact on identity.