 He attended and graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas in May 1989.Following high school, Rahm, then a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attended one the church's Missionary Training Centers before serving as a missionary in France, Switzerland, and on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990-1992.After returning to the United States, he studied pre-law at Brigham Young University, before changing his major to drama.