Mo Pulido is from Taylor, Michigan and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School. At 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served as an electronics technician, working on aircraft navigation systems. He was stationed at Vandenberg AFB, California and Aviano AB, Italy. After his enlistment he attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, graduating with a BA in English Language and Literature. He moved to New York City and worked in the IT Department of Rockefeller University. Simultaneously he attended the New York Institute of Technology, graduating with an MBA in Technology. He now lives in Arlington, Virginia. Mo spends much of his time at a campground in rural Virginia, where solitude and freedom inspire his spiritual writings.