Mark Egner was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. He obtained dual Bachelor's degrees in Anthropology (with Honors) and Nursing at the University of Florida in 1995 and 1997. During this time he was instrumental in facilitating two international medical/dental mission trips, one in 1996 to Honduras, and the second in 1997 to Haiti. In 1999, he was accepted to the University of Miami School of Law, where he attended law classes at night, while working as a trauma nurse at the Ryder Trauma Center in Jackson Memorial Hospital. Mr. Egner graduated from the University of Miami School of Law with Honors in 2002.