Wes attended San Francisco State University for both his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Communicative Sciences. During his graduate program he focused on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including completing a thesis on pragmatic factors that impact production of morphosyntactic forms when using AAC. Since 2014 he has been a clinician with San Francisco Unified School District working primarily with young adults and adolescents with complex communication needs. He can usually be found riding his bike around the city.