The life experience and professional paths of James H. Holzrichter Sr. are in many ways typical of those who are challenged to become or who are designated with the label of "whistleblower", he feels "whistleblowing, is what he did it is not who he is. He says; "I am a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend." His basic efforts at problem solving in his workplace took on a life of its own that very nearly destroyed his own life and that of his family - taking them from enjoying the beginnings of the American Dream to living in homeless shelters for a time and having to find their way back to any kind of life on the other side of a nearly two decade long battle for basic survival.