Originally from Lakeland, Florida, Joshua graduated from as the valedictorian of his high school and played high school basketball and football. Although he received scholarship offers from colleges and universities across the United States, he attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, where he was one of five individuals awarded with a four-year, all-expense-paid scholarship to Florida Southern titled the George W. Jenkins Scholarship. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in criminology and accounting. After working simultaneously in the insurance and criminal fields for one year, he moved to Indianapolis, where he attended and graduated from Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, taking all required course work toward a health law concentration.