Casey graduated from Texas State University with a B.S in Aquatic Biology and an M.S. in Aquatic Resources. He has worked for BIO -WEST, a private consulting firm, since 2013 as an Aquatic Ecologist and Plant Ecologist. He has been involved in multiple aquatic related restoration and ecology projects with his main focus in aquatic plant ecology. Casey has also spent his personal time studying and collecting aquatic plants around the state with emphasis in relocating historical populations. Casey lives in San Marcos, Texas.