He speaks about overcoming adversity and uses social media to advocate for the disability justice movement and the LGBTQ community.

[2] West was born with a birth defect, sacral agenesis, causing his spine and legs to not work properly.

[1] At the suggestion of Craig Kielburger, West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with his friends David Johnson and Alex Meers in June 2012.

[2] The trio fundraised over $500,000 in support of Free the Children charity to provide clean water to 100,000 people in East Africa.

West developed a following on TikTok where he posts about the disability justice movement and his personal experiences as a gay amputee.