Jesus Rodriguez was born in Los Angeles, California the son of Mexican and El Salvadoran immigrants. His family moved to the Chelan Valley in Central Washington State before he entered school to work in the tree fruit industry. Jesus will enter college this coming fall, pursuing a degree in Horticulture at Washington State University, and hopes to enter the tree fruit industry as a field representative for a fruit warehouse or chemical company, and one day, hopefully own his own orchard.