Devin Fish was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. After graduating from high school, Devin joined the Army and served for nearly ten years as a cavalry scout and, later, a career counselor. In 2021, he was awarded the First Cavalry Division Retention NCO of the Year, an honor that changed his outlook on life. Devin has spent his Army career at Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and in South Korea, Germany, and Kuwait, where he wrote Answering the Hard Questions. Persevering through poverty, instability, self-hatred, addiction, and generational trauma in his youth, Devin has channeled the lessons he's learned into inspiration for others.