David Howard San Martin Perryman (David H. San Martin for short) grew up in Choctaw, Oklahoma where he both graduated high school and became a certified welder. At eighteen he joined the U.S. Army as a Combat Infantryman serving three and a half years in active-duty service, one of which was a combat deployment in Afghanistan. Mr. San Martin transitioned into the Oklahoma National Guard serving the people of Oklahoma for six years while going to school full time; culminating with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2020.