Aaron Petras is a marketing manager and Viterbo University graduate student. Petras grew up in La Crescent, Minnesota, and La Crosse, Wisconsin, with his parents and sister. Born in La Crosse, his family migrated across the Mississippi when he was two. He used to spend his spare time playing baseball, football, and basketball.

Petras is presently in a marketing MBA program and expects to graduate in 2023. Viterbo University awarded him a BA in Marketing in 2019. Petras graduated from La Crescent High School in 2012. Then he attended Western Wisconsin Tech in La Crosse before transferring to Viterbo University. Aaron M. Petras is a marketing manager and graduate student at Viterbo University in La Crosse. Growing up in La Crescent, Minnesota (southeast of Wisconsin) and La Crosse, Wisconsin (southwest of Minnesota), Born in La Crosse, he moved across the Mississippi with his family at the age of two. He used to spend his spare time playing baseball, football, and basketball.