Born and raised in Pocatello. Attended schools in School District 25.  Post secondary education:  BYU-Provo, Arizona State University, Monterey Institute of International Studies, and La Universidad Autónoma de Mexico with study related to finance, international relations, public administration, forensic linguistics, judicial translation and interpretation.  First and foremost, Jayson is a son, brother, father, uncle, and grandfather. He has worked in the corporate, non-profit, small business, and public sectors involving international production and distribution, economic and micro enterprise development, the judiciary across State and Federal Jurisdictions as well civilian work for law enforcement and immigration courts.  He presently works in the insurance industry and resides in Chubbuck. Jayson is seeking public office for the first time with an independent, practical, balanced, and sensible approach as an active listener of everyone in Legislative  District 28.