Ken was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL.  He spent his first year of college at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, before returning to his hometown to attend Florida State University.  While at Florida State, Ken dabbled in theatre before turning his attention to the study of Criminology, where he was elected as an officer of Alpha Phi Sigma, FSU's Criminal Justice Honor Society.  Ken spent his final summer in college working for the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Florida before graduating from Florida State University with a B.S. in Criminology & Criminal Justice and minors in History and Legal Communications. 

Ken then moved north to attend Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA.  While earning his J.D. at Northeastern, Ken taught a class of first year law students in the school's Law, Culture & Difference course, through which he spearheaded a project in affiliation with various community groups to assist ex-offenders in their struggle to reintigrate into society.  During law school, Ken worked for a civil rights firm in Boston during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, fighting the City of Boston to ensure that protesters, commuters, and citizens throughout Boston kept their civil rights intact throughout the time of the Convention.  Ken also worked for the Center for Appellate Litigation in Manhattan during the passage of the Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms working to reduce the sentences of individuals convicted under the archaic original laws.  Ken was also the acting Treasurer of the Northeastern University School of Law Democrats throughout much of law school. 

After graduation, Ken moved once again, this time to New York.  Knowing that he wanted to practice in the field of criminal justice, Ken accepted a position as a public defender at the Nassau County Legal Aid Society.  After working as a public defender in Nassau County for two years, Ken joined the Brooklyn Defender Services at the beginning of 2008.