A year after his transplant, he was a recipient of a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which was to visit Disney World.
He graduated from Sacramento Adventist Academy in 1999, attended Pacific Union College for two years, and also graduated from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
Prior to attending California Institute of the Arts Justin worked as a Production Assistant at Pixar.
He wanted to pursue his education so he chose to leave Pixar hoping one day to return, which he did.
[1] On the evening of Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Wright collapsed at Pixar and died instantly of a heart attack, just ten days after his 27th birthday.