Born in Queens, NY and raised on Long Island, Kevin Padilla is an Alumnus of Chaminade High School in Mineola. In 2016 he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a Minor in Marketing. He joined the Waldorf School later that year.

During his time at Adelphi he worked as a Student Writer and Publicity Assistant for the Adelphi Office of Communications, and spent a summer as a Communications Intern for Operation SPLASH in Freeport. As a student of the Adelphi Honors College, his workload included a focus on history and the humanities.

An avid movie fan, Kevin studies the art, philosophy, and technique of filmmaking in his spare time.