Fr. Steven was born in Conway, South Carolina and moved to Louisville, Kentucky at age 7 along with his parents and younger brother. Raised as a Southern Baptist, Fr. Steven was received into full communion with the Catholic Church in 2010. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from the University of Kentucky, and was a high school math teacher for two years before attending St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. Fr. Steven was ordained a priest in 2019 and served as associate pastor of St. Patrick and St. Boniface parishes in Louisville before being assigned to St. Thomas, St. Monica, and Bethlehem High School in Bardstown in 2021.