Dan Taylor grew up in Northern Michigan. He played baseball at Grand Rapids Community College and later attended Eastern Michigan University where he studied mathematics and physics. He also earned his master’s degree in mathematics from Eastern Michigan University. He has lectured several math courses at Eastern Michigan. He has also spent over ten years in industry focused on artificial intelligence applications within autonomous vehicles and medicine. He is scheduled to finish his master’s degree in biblical studies from Moody Theological Seminary in the Fall of 2024. Dan and his wife have lived in metro-Detroit for over 15 years and have six children.