Louis Palus

Educational Background
• Associates Degree in Culinary Arts from Grand Rapids Community College

Career
• Attended Gay Pride in Washington DC (1990s); has done other protesting and union organizing from 2008 onwards
• Worked in a restaurant while pursuing his Associates Degree; is currently working in the kitchen of a nursing home
• Supports reproductive rights, requiring licenses for gun ownership, and including sexual orientation and gender identity in anti-discrimination laws; does not support federal immigration laws being enforced by state and local police

Personal Information
• Was raised on a small dairy farm in Elsie and has lived and worked his entire life in Michigan
• Son of second generation Slovakians