Christian Robert Peterson was born September 28, 1993, in Hanover, Germany to a German Kindergarten teacher and an American English teacher and missionary. Christian moved from Germany to the United States at an early age. He attended the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School where he excelled in sports, writing, and drama. The idyllic countryside of upstate New York serving his imagination and love for English Literature, Poetry, and its actors. Christian trained at Oxford University with the British American Drama Academy's Midsummer program in association with The Yale School of Drama. He also holds a BA double major English: Writing and Literature & Journalism from the University of Bridgeport where he is a fellow of the School of Public and International Affairs.