Stephen is what you call a true Austinite, born and raised in Austin, Texas. Stephen grew up in Austin and then moved to Houston, TX where he lived there for over 12 years. While living in Houston, he attended the Prairie View A&M University where he received his bachelor's degree in 2004. After that he then took his career to the mortgage industry in Houston where he was a loan offer, and then a Mortgage banker from 2006 through 2010.