Steve grew up training in martial arts from a very young age with a speciality in tai-kwon-do. There is no information as to what got him to audition but he managed to get In his teens, Cardenas attended an audition for the part of a Power Ranger. Having no prior acting experience, he got the role. He was soon filming Season 2 of Mighty Morphin' and the 1995 movie in Australia. Cardenas left the series in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie due to wanting to open his own martial arts dojo. His last in universe appearance was the very first episode of Power Rangers Turbo, "Shift Into Turbo-part I" with it even being mentioned that he planned to open a dojo. He was replaced by Blake Foster's Justin Stewart as the Blue Turbo Ranger. After leaving the show, he established a dojo in Los Angeles where he taught martial arts as he planned.