Paul grew up in the Antelope Valley, attending Lancaster High School and playing the clarinet. Paul then picked up mellophone to march DCI and spent the '22, '23, and '24 seasons at Pacific Crest. In WGI, he was a visual ensemble member with POW '25. Paul began teaching as soon as he graduated high school with his alma mater, before also branching out to Quartz Hill HS as Visual Caption Head and Drill Writer and Highland HS as Drill Writer. Paul is a current student at CSUN as a Clarinet Performance major.