Home truly means Nevada for Ryan. It’s where he started his small business in 2019 and married his husband Sean in 2023, where he frequents dog parks with his two-year-old puppy Quincy, and where he is always on the lookout for local restaurants or ice cream parlors to frequent. It’s also where he started a nonprofit organization advocating for people with addiction and mental health challenges.
Ryan knows firsthand the challenges that families face around kitchen tables every night. He and his youngest sister were raised by his mother, a public-school teacher who often took on second or third jobs to support their family. She would come home at 10pm, exhausted from working night school after teaching all day. Year-round, she kept a sign over the mantle that sparkled with the word: Believe.
