Paul was born and brought up in Kensington, Liverpool. He went to Childwall Comprehensive School where he gained ten GCSEs and four A levels. He decided to stay in Liverpool and study in Liverpool John Moores University and graduated in July 2005 with a degree in International Business Studies and Spanish.
Paul is a fluent Spanish speaker and spent the third year of his degree living and studying in Seville, Spain. Whilst in Spain as well as studying economics and visiting all areas of Andalucía he spent some of his time doing voluntary work in the Seville tourist office. He came back in 2004 and was a participant in the first two years of the Kensington Community Bursary Project where he worked as a classroom assistant in Kensington CP Junior School.
Paul began working as a Bursary Assistant for Merseyside Network for Change in August 2005 where his rôle is to assist with the running and development of the Kensington Community Bursary project.
