Early Life
Peterson was born in San Diego, California, to Lee Arthur Peterson (born May 9, 1939) and his wife, the former Jacqueline Helen Latham (born September 16, 1943). Peterson's father worked for a trucking company, and later owned a crate-packaging business. His mother owned a boutique in the community of La Jolla, called The Put On.
Peterson attended the University of San Diego High School (now Cathedral Catholic High School) and studied briefly at Arizona State University and Cuesta College before transferring to California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, where he graduated with a B.A. in agricultural business in 1997. He worked in a cafe as a waiter while attending Cal Poly, when he met Laci Denise Rocha. The couple married in August 1997.
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