Br. Michael Marie Prize was born and raised near St. Louis, Missouri as the sixth oldest of eleven. He graduated Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and went on to do a year of missionary work with NET Ministries. After this, he temporarily taught math and religion at a local middle school before entering the Order of Preachers in 2022. “Understanding a fraction of God’s love for myself and others, I was set on fire to share this truth with all I met. I have found the opportunity to do this in the Order of Preachers.”