Josh Harper

Josh is the National Director of Urban Projects for InterVarsity. He lives in Oakland, California and he is the joyful father to Lucia and Beatrice, and husband to Marjie. Josh is the proud caretaker of several thousand "pet" worms that eat his garbage. He is an avid cyclist and when faced with the choice will always choose to ride the hills. Josh has a mild addiction to coffee and enjoys roasting his own beans. He loves to take up new hobbies with his most recent being the improvement of his 115 year old house. A mountain boy at heart, Josh grew up in a small rural town in the mountains of Northern California. Josh and Marjie moved to an inner city neighborhood in Oakland in 2004 to be a part of the New Hope Community.