Raf grew up on and around St. John (East End and Coral Bay as well as Lovango Cay), attended the Guy H. Benjamin and Julius E. Sprauve schools on STJ (and All Saints on STT), and later Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. After working as an environmental and business lawyer in San Diego for 12 years, he moved back full time to St. John in 2009 with his wife Thia and two daughters, where he practices real estate / land use and environmental law, among other areas. In 2014, he moved with his family to Florida, and now runs his St. John law practice from there (Morrisette & Muilenburg, LLP), and commutes back to St. John for a week each month and during the summer to meet with clients and continue his island conservation efforts. He is a founding member of the SJLC board.