Ryan Sharp has lived in Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. He is an assistant teaching professor at BYU, a speaker at Especially for Youth, Best of EFY, and at Brigham Young University Education Week. He served in the Auckland New Zealand Mission. He earned a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Brigham Young University and a master’s in educational leadership from the University of Utah, where he is a doctoral candidate in health promotion and education. He is married to Jessica Sharp, the girl of his dreams, and they are the proud parents of the four craziest little boys on earth! He loves sports, reading and writing, hanging out with his family, wrestling his boys, and studying and teaching the restored gospel.