In addition to being a "Dad" to Hannah and Sam, Mark Trout teaches Marketing at Southern Arkansas University. He graduated with an undergraduate degree from Henderson State University and earned an MBA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has also worked in radio, newspaper, and marketing, and still acts as a marketing consultant. The son of a military family, Mark grew up in various cities around the U.S., and now lives in Magnolia, located in southwest Arkansas. In his spare time, he enjoys running, swimming, playing chess, and watching bad movies.