Austin is a proud Trentonian born and raised in the City. With humble beginnings in his neighborhood and in his church, he learned the value of caring for his community and those who comprise it. Here, he found the most joy in helping solve the plethora of issues presented to his neighbors, friends, family, and other community members. He obtained his legal degree in Washington, D.C. at Howard University and also worked at the highest levels of the federal government including various federal alphabet agencies, Capitol Hill, the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Judiciary, and the private financial firm Ernst & Young. He specifically returned to Trenton to work with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to reform both the state's police and community relations and also New Jersey's financial laws, issues with a direct impact on all New Jerseyians, but specifically on Trentonians. With his variety of prior work experiences; local volunteer organizations such as the Howard University Alumni Club of Metropolitan Trenton (Go Bison), Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Lambda Lambda Sigma Chapter, the Trenton Urban League Guild, and the national, state, and local NAACP; and his most recent appointment to the Trenton School Board, he is most proud to provide scholarships to local kids to bridge the financial gap to help them achieve their full academic potential, to create and celebrate diverse spaces for the youth of all ages to excel, to produce life-changing alternatives to the school/drug/prison pipeline, and to illustrate to the community the young scholars in Trenton's very midst. In what little free time he has left, you can find him running to Starbucks with his rescue greyhound, Grace, to get her a pup-a-chino; looking for the best places to eat around town with his wife, Natalie; axe-throwing; practicing his archery; whiskey-tasting; and throwing the best backyard BBQs!