Born in Portland, OR, Niles Haas has lived in the Vancouver/Portland area of the northwest for his whole life.  He spent many years doing classical ballet in his teens with Northwest Classical Ballet and even traveled to China to perform with other companies.  Feeling uncertain in his younger years he worked various different jobs.  Niles battled with crippling depression and addiction throughout his life and ultimately found himself with no home and on the streets for several years when things took a turn for the worst during the pandemic.  Fighting to survive with a deadly addiction to fentanyl he spent several years in and out of treatment and Oxford.  Giving sobriety another shot and having nothing to lose he found himself completing treatment and going straight to XChange Recovery back in his home town of Vancouver.  He nows works a full time job as a merchandiser and manages the Heart Change house in XChanges housing program.  He finds fulfillment in helping others who struggle with addiction and mental health as well as spending time in the outdoors, music production, writing, and drawing/painting.