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Josh Liljenquist (Joshlilj) Press & Media Kit

Copy-ready biography, verified impact facts, current audience context, approved photos, selected coverage, and direct media contact for reporting on Josh Liljenquist and Live to Love.

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Vertical outdoor portrait of Josh Liljenquist beside the water at Firemen's Park
JLI-2026-0127 · Photo by Ben Steine · All rights reserved. Reuse requires permission from the applicable rights holder.

At a Glance

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Full name
Josh Liljenquist
Known publicly as
Joshlilj
Professional base
Minnesota
Current role
Digital creator, producer, and impact storyteller
Company relationship
Josh's professional creator work operates through Joshlilj LLC.
Live to Love
Live to Love is the public mission behind Josh Liljenquist's work. It is not a nonprofit, a crowdfunding platform, or a single crowdfunding project. Individual fundraisers are separate, recipient-specific campaigns documented on their canonical Impact pages.
Education
Communications degree, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2021
Representation
LAA Sports & Entertainment
Media contact
josh@laasports.com
Official website
https://joshliljenquist.com/

Current verified context

Audience and impact are reported separately.

$2M+Documented public cash supportVerified September 2, 2026 · Source: /impact
21Approved Impact storiesVerified September 3, 2026 · Source: /impact
42M+Combined audienceVerified August 30, 2026 · Source: /media-kit
2.7B+Lifetime YouTube viewsVerified July 19, 2026 · Source: /media-kit
$2M+ in documented public cash support connected to approved stories.

As of September 2, 2026. Includes only approved, publicly documented, source-linked cash support connected to featured stories. In-kind goods and services are reported separately. Public fundraiser totals may continue to change.

These figures do not imply that Josh personally received, held, controlled, or distributed every public fundraiser.

Copy-ready biography

Four approved lengths for different formats.

Confirmed spelling: Josh Liljenquist · Public name: Joshlilj · Handle: @joshlilj

approximately 25 words

Host introduction

Josh Liljenquist, known online as Joshlilj, is a Minnesota-based digital creator, producer, and impact storyteller connecting public storytelling with practical community support.

approximately 50 words

Short biography

Josh Liljenquist, known online as Joshlilj, is a Minnesota-based digital creator, producer, and impact storyteller behind Live to Love. His short-form human-interest work connects public attention with practical support, while the official Impact archive documents approved stories, source-linked fundraising, and real-world outcomes.

approximately 125–150 words

Standard biography

Josh Liljenquist, known online as Joshlilj, is a Minnesota-based digital creator, producer, and impact storyteller behind Live to Love. He creates short-form human-interest stories and follows what happens after the public moment, including support involving housing, transportation, recovery, care, family stability, and community response. The official Impact archive separates documented cash fundraising from in-kind support and nonfinancial outcomes, with source links and dated verification where figures may change. Josh's work also emphasizes consent, dignity, privacy, and practical follow-through. He completed a communications degree at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2021. His professional creator work operates through Joshlilj LLC, and he is represented by LAA Sports & Entertainment. Journalists can review approved photographs, selected independent coverage, broadcast appearances, methodology, and public background records through his official website.

approximately 225–300 words

Extended biography

Josh Liljenquist, known online as Joshlilj, is a Minnesota-based digital creator, producer, and impact storyteller behind Live to Love. His work centers on short-form human-interest stories that connect online attention with practical community support. Rather than treating a viral post as the end of a story, Josh's public Impact archive documents approved follow-ups involving housing, transportation, recovery, medical and care needs, family stability, veteran support, and community response.

The website's evidence model separates audience reach from real-world outcomes. Public fundraising figures are dated and source-linked, estimated in-kind support is labeled separately, and nonfinancial milestones remain visible alongside monetary totals. The site also maintains canonical Impact stories, representative videos, transcripts where approved, independent coverage, and a public methodology explaining how claims are counted.

Consent, dignity, privacy, and practical follow-through are recurring principles in Josh's work. Public stories are intended to preserve participant choice, avoid unnecessary sensitive information, and distinguish helping from content creation. Background and public-statement materials remain available in a separate transparency architecture for journalists and researchers who need deeper context.

Josh completed a communications degree at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2021. His professional creator work operates through Joshlilj LLC, and he is represented by LAA Sports & Entertainment. Live to Love is the public mission behind Josh's work. It is not a nonprofit, a crowdfunding platform, or a single crowdfunding project. Individual fundraisers are separate, recipient-specific campaigns documented on their canonical Impact pages. Approved biographies, photographs, Impact records, selected coverage, broadcast appearances, and direct media contact are available through joshliljenquist.com.

Impact proof

Four outcomes, each tied to a canonical record.

Representative examples only. The complete archive preserves all 21 approved Impact stories and the counting methodology.

Josh Liljenquist visiting Azeza, Gigi and family at their Detroit home
Family stability and care

Azeza and Gigi

$600,000+ raised

Public support helped create financial relief for the family during an exceptionally demanding period.

Verified July 19, 2026Read the canonical Impact story
KMBC 9 report showing Steven Mills and Josh Liljenquist during coverage of the living-kidney-donor search
Medical and care support

Steven Mills

More than $55,000 raised

The documented response increased donor-search awareness and public fundraising; no later medical outcome is claimed here.

Verified August 7, 2026Read the canonical Impact story
Josh Liljenquist standing beside Chuck on a red mobility scooter in Riverside, California
Veteran housing and mobility

Chuck

$300,000+ raised

The documented follow-up includes improved mobility and Chuck moving from the streets into a condominium.

Verified July 19, 2026Read the canonical Impact story
Josh Liljenquist embracing Aaron during a recovery-milestone follow-up
Recovery

Aaron

100+ days sober

Support and follow-through helped Aaron enter treatment, build accountability, and reach a documented recovery milestone.

Verified July 19, 2026Read the canonical Impact story

Selected media coverage

Independent reporting and approved broadcast context.

Independent written reporting remains distinct from publisher syndication and first-party archive material.

National feature

October 18, 2024

Associated Press

'Kindness' influencers on TikTok give money to strangers. Why is that controversial?

An independently reported national feature examining kindness creators, giving, consent, and public debate.

Original publisher; written featureOpen coverage
Regional written feature

January 17, 2024

Minnesota Star Tribune

Minnesota TikToker films as he gives food to homeless people, and his 5M followers eat it up

Independent local reporting on Josh's community work, public reach, and approach to filming assistance.

Original publisher; written featureOpen coverage
Broadcast package

February 1, 2024

KARE 11

KARE 11 Profiles Josh Liljenquist's Community Work

KARE 11 Sunrise profiles Josh's community work, including support for Twin Cities Firefighters Operation Warm.

Approved archive playbackOpen coverage
Live interview

August 11, 2026

Twin Cities Live / KSTP-TV

Josh Liljenquist Talks Live to Love and Spreading Kindness on Twin Cities Live

A mission-focused studio conversation about Live to Love, practical community support, and nominations.

Approved archive playbackOpen coverage

Press & editorial portraits

Official Press Photos

Four complementary portraits from Josh Liljenquist’s August 3, 2026 session at Firemen’s Park in Chaska, Minnesota: horizontal, vertical, seated editorial, and close profile options.

Josh Liljenquist smiling beside the water at Firemen's Park in Chaska
Horizontal · smiling lakeside portrait

JLI-2026-0126 · Firemen’s Park Portrait Session · August 3, 2026

Josh Liljenquist Smiling at Firemen's Park

Josh Liljenquist smiles beside the water at Firemen's Park in Chaska, Minnesota, during an August 3, 2026 portrait session.

Credit: Photo by Ben Steine

Rights: All rights reserved. Reuse requires permission from the applicable rights holder.

Vertical outdoor portrait of Josh Liljenquist beside the water at Firemen's Park
Vertical · profile portrait

JLI-2026-0127 · Firemen’s Park Portrait Session · August 3, 2026

Josh Liljenquist Vertical Portrait at Firemen's Park

Josh Liljenquist in a vertical portrait beside the water at Firemen's Park in Chaska, Minnesota, on August 3, 2026.

Credit: Photo by Ben Steine

Rights: All rights reserved. Reuse requires permission from the applicable rights holder.

Josh Liljenquist seated beside the water at Firemen's Park in Chaska
Vertical · seated editorial portrait

JLI-2026-0130 · Firemen’s Park Portrait Session · August 3, 2026

Josh Liljenquist Seated at Firemen's Park

Josh Liljenquist sits beside the water during the August 3, 2026 portrait session at Firemen's Park in Chaska, Minnesota.

Credit: Photo by Ben Steine

Rights: All rights reserved. Reuse requires permission from the applicable rights holder.

Close smiling portrait of Josh Liljenquist seated beside the water
Vertical · close smiling portrait

JLI-2026-0131 · Firemen’s Park Portrait Session · August 3, 2026

Close Smiling Portrait of Josh Liljenquist at Firemen's Park

Josh Liljenquist smiles beside the water during the August 3, 2026 portrait session at Firemen's Park in Chaska, Minnesota.

Credit: Photo by Ben Steine

Rights: All rights reserved. Reuse requires permission from the applicable rights holder.

Press Video & B-Roll

Rights-cleared footage is handled clip by clip.

No downloadable B-roll is included in this release because clip-level music, location, caption, credit, and reuse rights have not been verified as a complete public package.

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Outlet-owned footage is not offered for download or redistribution through this page.

Interview and feature topics

Story angles grounded in the current work.

  1. What happens after the viral moment
  2. Turning online attention into documented real-world outcomes
  3. Consent, dignity, and ethics in creator-led human-interest storytelling
  4. Housing, transportation, recovery, and care through community response
  5. How a small production team evaluates, films, and follows up on stories
  6. Minnesota-rooted stories with national reach

Recent and Timely

Three current, verified starting points.

Impact follow-up

Nick Best's completed roof-and-gutter project

A completed home-improvement outcome documented as approximately $30,000 in estimated donated value, not cash received.

Open record
Latest media appearance

Twin Cities Live: Live to Love and spreading kindness

A live KSTP-TV studio interview about the mission, practical community support, and nominations.

Open record
Verified milestone

Steven Mills donor-search and fundraiser update

KMBC documented more than $55,000 raised as of August 7 while the living-donor search continued.

Open record

Media contact

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Email josh@laasports.com.

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