Born and raised in north Texas, Dustin Henry made his way from Cowtown to beach town in the wake of Hurricane Ike. A graduate student of Texas A&M University at the time (Whoop!), Henry traveled to Galveston in the aftermath of the hurricane with a team of researchers, seeking to better understand the underlying factors that affect the pace and pattern of the community’s recovery. Having visited households from one end of the island to the other, his research brought him face to face with the unquantifiable tenacity Galvestonians have to pick up the pieces and rebuild in the wake of disaster.
In between classes, Henry’s trips from College Station to Galveston (purely for research, of course) led to his deep admiration of the island life. Graduating in 2010, Henry relocated full-time to the Galveston after being offered a job in the city’s planning department. Recently, he has found a new opportunity to continue serving community in another capacity at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Henry’s interests and hobbies are centered around the relationships he has with friends and family, and he takes great pleasure being in the service of others. He is an Eagle Scout, volunteer Big Brother, avid traveler, amateur photographer, expert camper, and in his spare time he enjoys very, very gradually restoring his 102 year old home.
I’d also like to add, my proudest accomplishment thus far in 2016 has been that I completed my Twelve People bio before Jeff Temple.