John grew up as the youngest of three brothers in the Howe home on the coast of Maine. He married the love of his life -- Martina (Houmann) Howe -- in May of 2012 shortly before beginning their respective educations in Medicine and Dentistry at Loma Linda University (Classes of 2016). They are now based in New Hampshire where John is a Medical Intern in the Internal Medicine Residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.