Brief autobiography

Jinkinson Payne (J.P.) Smith was born on January 4, 1995, in Evanston, Illinois. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended (in chronological order) Atlanta International School, Christ the King School, and Holy Spirit Preparatory School. He graduated from Holy Spirit Preparatory School with a high school diploma in 2013 before attending the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa for one year, after which he transferred to Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He graduated from Oglethorpe with a B.S. in biology in May 2018.