At age nine Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and given a fifty percent chance to live. He spent a year on chemotherapy treatments and his left leg was amputated. Doctors declared Josh cured of the disease at age thirteen and he took up ski racing three years later. He trained for the next six years and in 2006 he was named to the US Paralympic Ski Team for the 2006 Paralympics in Turino, Italy.

Josh began speaking to groups about his experiences at age ten. He has since shared his story as a keynote speaker at schools, Fortune 500 companies, and at the White House. At eighteen, he was the second youngest person ever accepted as a Professional Member of the National Speaker’s Association.

As a writer, Josh has been published in The Washington Post, Daily Guideposts, and Current, Newsweek's college magazine. In 2003 he co-authored the teen devotional book Forty Voices: Stories of Hope from Our Generation.

Josh served a two-year tenure as the National Spokesperson for the Combined Federal Campaign, an effort that raises over $300 million dollars a year for charities. He is an honorary member of the US Postal Service Cycling Team, and he received The Heroes Among Us award from the Virginia State Legislature, The Discovery Card Tribute award and he was a winner of the American Eagle Outfitters 2006 Live Your Life Contest. He was a 2006 Body-for-Life Grand Champion and is a Certified Personal Trainer.

He is currently featured on the back of Doritos bags nationwide for being the founder of LessThanFour.org, the world's largest social networking website for amputees.

Josh recieved a degree in business from the College of William and Mary and a Master's in Commuications from the University of Southern California.