[2] He won an academic scholarship to Tuskegee University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in science in accounting in May 2012.
He is serving as a board member of All Abroad Inc., Steward Board of Shaw Temple AME Zion Church, Urban League of Young Professionals, a Charter Member of 100 Black Men of America, Inc in the Selma chapter, and is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
In 2019, he earned the Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year award from the United Negro College Fund.
He is currently employed as a tax policy lobbyist for Public Citizen, a think tank in Washington, D.C.[4] Stewart was elected as a democrat to the Alabama Senate in the 23rd district on November 8, 2022.
[2][7] Following the statewide abortion ban, Stewart and most of his democratic colleagues called for the law to be repealed, or for it to at least have exceptions.