Although James is only 24 years old, he has been involved in non-profit work in the community for his 10th year. He moved from Lethbridge to Calgary when he was 8 years old, and started getting involved when he was only 15. Fake Mustache was his gateway non-profit group, as he went from performer to board member to director. He also had a big part in establishing Miscellaneous Youth Network and Mosaic Youth Group, only leaving the MYN board just recently to concentrate his efforts on his paid full-time position as Executive Director of Fairy Tales. Here he acts as artistic programmer for the film festival, as well as running the Out Reels Diversity Education Program, the Youth Queer Media Program, and the Youth Zone Program. On top of all this, as a trans man, James frequently does independent Trans Education wherever he is needed.

In his personal life, James has been together with his girlfriend for 5 and a half years now, and the two of them own 5 pets together.  In his free time, James still utilizes his background in construction to do small projects, as well as painting (artistically). He also enjoys riding his motorcycle, and regularly going to the gym.