I whanau a Drew i Stony Brook, New York, i reira ia i haere ai ki te Kura o Stony Brook. Ko tana whaea, ko Dr. Jeannie Drew, e whakaako ana i te koiora i tetahi kura motuhake mo nga kotiro i Manhattan. Ko tana papa, ko Rev. Charles Drew, te tohunga nui i te Emmanuel Presbyterian Church i New York City. Ko tana tuakana, ko Allen Drew, he tohunga i Mt. Airy Community Church i Philadelphia me te kaiwhakahaere o te roopu a capella i Germantown Friends School. I whiwhi ia i te tohu paetahi i te whare wananga o Virginia i te tau 2002.
Te Kura o Stony Brook