 Baggs was born in Mountain View, California on August 15, 1980 and attended De Anza College and Bard College at Simon’s Rock.Baggs moved from California to Vermont in order to be closer to a friend in 2005.Several classmates of Baggs have found the presence of their alleged impairments to be unusual, subsequently claiming that Baggs "spoke, attended classes, dated, and otherwise acted in a completely typical fashion."