Aaron Gravel is an army veteran who served for eight years as a combat medic. After the army he attended the University of Connecticut, where he majored in accounting. He then began his career in financial services at Northwestern Mutual and was in the top 10 in New England for new reps for each of his first four years selling life insurance, disability insurance, and investments. He has been registered with FINRA and has held Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 licenses. After Northwestern Mutual he worked as a point-of-sale wholesaler with Hartford and specialized in estate planning.