Acknowledged by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People as one of those who helped shape his thinking, and described by historian Rutger Bregman as “by far, the most effective basic income activist out there,” Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded basic income since 2016 and has been researching and advocating for UBI around the world since 2013. He is currently Senior Advisor to Humanity Forward while also serving on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today, a daily UBI news hub. His current home is in New Orleans, Louisiana where he has lived since 2009.