Wayne Persky was born, grew up, and currently lives in Central Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, College of Engineering, with postgraduate studies in mechanical engineering, mathematics, and computer science. He has teaching experience in engineering, and business experience in farming and agribusiness. He continues to research food-related health issues that most medical professionals and the health care system in general typically fail to understand and are unable to resolve for most patients. He lives on a working farm in Central Texas and administrates an online microscopic colitis discussion and support forum. Microscopic colitis is a poorly-understood and debilitating inflammatory bowel disease. In 2015 he founded the Microscopic Colitis Foundation and he continues to serve as its president and as a contributing author to their newsletter.
