A native of Little Flower Parish, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fr. Francis entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres in 2009 after working in the insurance industry for three years. Fr. Francis attended  Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI, where he studied Philosophy and Spanish and minored in Latin. He made his simple profession in 2010 and was assigned to  St. Dominic Priory and Studium in St. Louis where he earned his Master of Arts in Theology in 2015 from  Aquinas Institute. Fr. Francis made solemn profession in 2013 and was ordained a priest in June 2015. His first three years as a priest, he served as the Parochial Vicar of  St. Elizabeth University Parish in Lubbock, TX, and as Chaplain to  Raider Catholic, the Catholic Student Center at  Texas Tech University. Fr. Francis was appointed Director of Vocations on July 1, 2018.