Thomas Kolbo was born and raised in Nebraska, and became a member of St. Columbkille Parish in 2000. He attended St. Columbkille School from 1st to 8th grade, and graduated from Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School in 2013. Following High School, he completed his Undergraduate Degree in Music Education at Simpson College in 2017 and began teaching at St. Anthony Catholic School in 2018, where he taught K-8 general music, choir, band, and jazz band. Thomas became the Music Director of St. Augustin Parish in 2020, and was married to Nicole Kolbo at St. Augustin in January of 2021. His first son, Henry, was born in 2022, and he began working at Christ the King in the summer of 2022.