Nicholas Koeppel was born and raised in southeast Missouri, USA. He attended Catholic schools, and went to the seminary to discern his vocation, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. After discerning out of the seminary, he went to Austria to study at the International Theological Institute and graduated with a Master of Studies in Marriage and Family. He has worked 4 years as a youth minister in the US, and 3 years as a teacher of English and Theology of the Body in Ukraine and Poland. He is on the leadership team for Theology of the Body educators which seeks to share the teachings of the Church all around the world.