DOSSIER FOR XZAVIER GRANT
☄ FULL NAME: Xzavier Bartholomew Grant
☄ NATIONALITY: American
☄ DOB: 08-13-1991
☄ EDUCATION: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Bachelor’s in Geology, Master’s in Geology, PH.D in progress
☄ SEXUALITY: Homosexual
☄ SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: Bartholomew Grant (father), Lillian Grant (mother), Jeremy Blake (ex fiancé)
☄ OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Researcher’s Assistant
☄ PREVIOUS MISSIONS: None
Some kids were just nerds. It happened all the time. How Xzavier Grant became one of them, well his parents still aren’t too sure. Born to Judge and an Ambassador, Xzavier grew up in the land of privilege and wealth, not that it ever got to him. Most of his childhood, Xzavier was in the dirt, digging and examining rocks for fun while the other boys played football or ninjas. Still, any time that ice cream truck came by, Xzavier would buy ice cream for every kid on the street and in turn, they’d listen to that little nerd talk about rocks for ten minutes then go back to playing.
Xzavier’s high school experience was capped by attending the prestigious old Easton Academy just as his father had done. They were a purebreed old money family but his parents had tried to adopt the new, modern way of thinking, so when Xzavier announced he’d be skipping out on joining rowing to start a rock club, they just shook their head and smiled. Honestly, he knew it was a little weird to be so gung ho about rocks but the science and history behind the earth just brought him happiness. It was rewarding to him to examine something so old and know the story behind it and the story of what it would become. Upon graduation, he politely declined Yale and Harvard and headed off to the University of Michigan to study rocks.
As ridiculous as it sounded, college was where Xzavier found himself, in large part thanks to the countless other geology nerds that surrounded him. After getting his bachelor’s, Xzavier opted to remain at the University of Michigan for his master’s and Ph.D, taking on a job as a researcher’s assistant as he did and leading two geology labs for the underclassman. When news broke of the Mars Mission, Xzavier finally used his family connections and asked his father to reach out to whatever NASA contacts he had to see if they’d interview Xzavier for the space program. If study earth and her evolution was cool, Mars would have been so much freaking better.
Thanks to those family hookups, Xzavier got a sit down with the Mars Mission Director and any doubt the guy had about Xzavier for calling in favors was gone. He knew his damn rocks. Knowing the value of having an geologist like Xzavier on board, he got pushed through astronaut training quickly and the moment he passed, was assigned to Project Ares. As the youngest member of the crew, Xzavier is a little overwhelmed by the whole space prospect and the fact that everyone around him is literally the best at what they do. He knows that once they get to the Red Planet, it’s gonna be his time to shine.
