John Hodges is a native of Crosby County, having graduated from Crosbyton High School in 1997. After pursuing a degree in Agriculture from Texas Tech University and working with herbicides and plant breeding, John decided to return to school to become a nurse. John is a 2009 graduate of Covenant School of Nursing. He received his BSN from Lubbock Christian University and then his Master's in Nursing from West Texas A&M University in 2014. John has practiced as a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2014, spending time from 2014 to 2019 at the Crosbyton Rural Health Clinic.