Ryan is from Tampa, Florida. In 2005, he graduated from Durant High School. He went to Spain that summer to study, and realized his intense interests in social diversity and generational cohesion or identity. In 2009, he graduated from USF with a B.A. in anthropology and a second B.A. in religious studies. His interests include philosophy, politics, war, human/technological advancement, beer, wine, road cycling and most of all, social taboos.