 His father, Abel Klein, is a mathematics professor at University of California, Irvine, originally from Brazil; his mother is an artist.After graduating from University High School, he initially attended the University of California, Santa Cruz but later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, from which he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.While at UCSC, he applied to write for "City on a Hill Press" but was rejected.