Biography

Born in the hard luck streets of Quiapo, Metro Manila, Philippines during the tumultuous People Power revolution, and moved to the United States at age 7.

Has two dogs, Bambi and Money, whom he rescued from an animal shelter in Berkeley, California. Named Bambi after the classic Disney character, and Money after Manny Pacquiao, whose first name "Manny", if pronounced with a Filipino accent, sounds almost exactly the same as "Money".

Has earned a third degree belt belt in the Filipino martial art of Modern Arnis and a first degree black belt in the Filipino martial art of kick fighting, Sikaran.

Graduated from Salesian High School in Richmond, California.

A fraternity brother of Chi Rho Omicron, Inc, also known as XPO, a highly respected Filipino based cultural-community fraternity in California.