Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Cord Jefferson now lives in Brooklyn, where many other 26-year-olds from far away live. He has only one kidney after donating the second to his once ill father, an operation you can read more about here: www.kidneyandthekingdom.tumblr.com.

He is the managing editor of Jossip Initiatives and other of his writings have appeared in Filter, The Onion, National Geographic and on Nerve.com.