Paul Ruth serves as the Vice President of High School for the East Detroit Federation of Teachers since May 2016 and has been an English teacher at East Detroit High School since November 2013, currently instructing 9th grade English. Additionally, Paul Ruth holds a position as an adjunct instructor at St. Clair County Community College since 2013, teaching English 101. In 2016, Paul volunteered as a writer for Small Can Be Big. Paul Ruth earned a Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature from Marygrove College between 2011 and 2014 and a Bachelor's Degree in English and Secondary Education from MacMurray College from 2005 to 2008.