J.P. Waters

Born on the Bayou in S. Louisiana (former cattle farm: horses, chickens, ducks, geese, dirt bikes, barn repairs, tractor repairs, outboard motor repair)
Graduated University in Northern California (BS Engineering UC Berkeley)
First job 8 years in DC
Moved to San Diego
20 year technology career both working as a team member and leading teams
Began a journey to understand progressive digestive issues in 2006-2011
Learned:
- Epigenetics in 2000 (for youngest son's health recovery)
- Learned methylation pathways 2003 ( ^ )
- Power of a cleansing diet in 2011 (life changing - to address my own digestion issue)
- Power of mushrooms for health in 2025
Learned that the digestive issues were rooted in losing our suburban home & entire neighborhood in San Diego's 2003 Cedar fire. It was such an intense fire that steel, ceramic & concrete were the only things left.
> Through that experience and the rebuild, learned about intelligent Wildland Urban Interfaces, firebreaks, firesafe (re)construction, firesafe landscaping, and lots more re fire safety
- Led the neighborhood's effort to self-fund the doubling of our firebreak along the entire Wildland urban interface. We made the local and national news (all networks) because we used goats to clear the brush (lots of people volunteered to assist me and together, we were successful (despite HUGE amounts of bureaucratic red tape))
We had to coordinate with Federal, State, local officials, individual homeowners and the HOA to get it done over a multi-year period (and it has been maintained ever since). Many people said the only reason they were able to stay insured was because of our efforts.
to be continued...