Meet Mike, Our Founder

I call my years in public safety my “million-dollar experience”—one I wouldn’t pay a nickel for. Like many in corrections and frontline work, I carried too much, too fast, until the weight broke away part of me. The job bled into every corner of life. Stress stacked up like paperwork. Support was thin. Transparency thinner. 

Stepping back, I saw the system for what it was: stories written off as anecdotes instead of evidence. But those stories are what matter most! They shape policy, training, and culture—if we let them.

That’s why I started Frontline Peer: a place where safety-critical workers tell the truth, where scholars catch up, and where work-as-done can be reimagined. And yes—where we laugh at the absurdities of it all, since humor is medicine. 

Today my research bridges corrections, safety science, and human-centered design. But Frontline Peer isn’t about me. It’s about us—firefighters, paramedics, correctional staff, maritime crews, and everyone else carrying responsibility inside systems built upon subterfuge.

Your story matters. Share it. Challenge the myths. Let’s build something better, together.

Until then I wish you well,