John DeBruyn

John DeBruyn is an ESL teaching assistant for St. John Vianney Catholic Elementary in the Grand Rapids area. He briefly attended Ferris State University as well, where he knew the founder of Dozerfleet.

Education
In addition to his time at Ferris, John attended Osaka Gaikokujin University through a study abroad program hosted by Grand Valley State; as a means to learn Japanese fluently enough to both teach Japanese language courses and encourage ESL students in his hometown with a Japanese background how to improve their English. He also received an English Studies Associate of Arts degree from Grand Rapids Community College, where he was also the vice president of its 2005-era anime club.

He was also a member of the club "GRC4," which focused on computer building, programming, and socializing.

In November of 2013, he was declared a member of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society.

Career
One of the earliest job positions John mentions on his profile is his involvement as a service clerk at Family Fare, which he began in September of 2008. In 2006, he also began involvement in a non-profit dubbed "Putt-Putt for Life," connected to the Brian Bush Memorial. The event's proceeds also went toward helping the St. Jude Children's Hospital. From May to October of 2011, he was a backroom inventory tracker for the Family Network of Wyoming. He worked 2 months between December of 2009 and January of 2010 as a driver for UPS, then performed light industrial work for Nuvar from June - December of 2010. This position was given via the Beacon Professional Staffing group.

From September of 2013 until September of 2015, he was a tutor of Japanese to students at Grand Valley State University.

Dozerfleet involvement
In 2008, John was involved in Dozerfleet operations to a small degree. He agreed in January to portray Prince Volkonir for the Volkonir film of that year that was being produced for Video Production II class. He even lent his likeness to the character. However, he had to back out at the last minute due to some complications.

He was also involved with the founder of Dozerfleet at the time in coming up with a DVD cover design for Tales of the Past III, a fanfiction film by Martin Falch for the Warcraft mythos. Around that same time, John was involved with the Blue Moon Inn forum at Proboards.