A high school ceramics teacher and practicing wood-fire potter, Trevor resides in Woodbridge, Connecticut with his wife, Marlys, and  children, Lynnea and Soren. He holds a B.S. in fine art with an emphasis in ceramics from Bethel College (now University), St.Paul, Minnesota, an M.S. in art education from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, and by way of thirty post graduate credits, a sixth-year credential in Technology Education from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.