Travis Meeks has been on quite the journey over these past 20 years. He was an all-star athlete who lost a football scholarship, which led to some difficult years dealing with legal troubles and addiction. He finally found his way to the kitchen, where he became a chef who has traveled across the world with his cooking.

Travis had more dreams than I realized in high school, and although he got waylaid more than a few times, he is now enrolled in college classes studying writing and journalism in Springfield, where he co-parents two children and has a catering business on the side.

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