Steven was born and raised in Long Island City, New York, USA to Israel Ramirez, a rehab technician, abstract artist and writer, and Mirza Ramirez, a stay at home mom. Steven has an older sister named Karen. He attended Newtown High school and performed in numerous school shows and plays. His first acting role was in Gene Geter's Web Series "Love Train". Playing Rick Sanchez a young man who has an evil entity haunting him and killing his friends. Gene and Steven will collaborate in more short films and other projects. Steven has also done some modeling and off-Broadway shows.