Hudson Griffin

Hudson Griffin is a Canadian-American Cyber Security Expert and student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the son of former NCTC Deputy Director and Former Navy Seal, Arthur Griffin and Accountant, Taxation Specialist and the former Chief Financial Officer of the Bank of America, Jessica Kirshel.

Biography
Born Hudson Benjamin Griffin to American students studying at McGill University, Arthur Griffin and Jessica Kirshel. Hudson spent five years of his life in Canada before moving to the United States. While in Canada Griffin learned to speak fluent French and English. Hudson first attended Ècole St. Michel de Montrèal before he moved to the United States, Griffin had a strong French accent for the first few years of his life in America of which he lived with his father. By age 10 he had completely shedded the accent. While in America he attended Rilegrove Public School and Juniper High School. While living with his father he developed a very close relationship with his step-aunt Meghan Lawson. At age 12 he moved back with his mother, at age 13 he was caught in a gang shooting with several friends. He was shot twice by gang members, once in the thigh in once in the abdomen in a gang shootout with law enforcement. Him and two others were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. One of his friends, Michael Rodrigo died after being shot six times, two times in the abdomen twice in the head, once in the knee and once in once in the shoulder. The gang members responsible were charged with 17 counts of attempted murder and 3 counts of murder, one for the aforementioned Rodrigo and two for Officers who died in the shootout.

Because of this Griffin developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety, over the course of the next 5 years began to distance himself from his mother and family. Griffin became addicted to drugs and smoking to cope with the stress. He still managed to keep up his grades however, he saw working as the same as drugs as it kept his mind off of the PTSD. He would often request extra homework to stay busy.

He graduated from Juniper High School at age 17 early because he completed all of his necessary classes to graduate. At age 18 he was kicked out of his Mother's home because he was "lazy" and "useless" His mother was also undergoing drug issues and depression, she was forced to resign her position as CFO at Bank of America and sold her $2.8 Million home to pay off debt.