Octavio Bernaza

Octavio Bernaza was born on March 6, 1995. Starting at 17 days old, he received early stimulation, with the active participation of his parents and brother. At 15 months, he began preschool at Kallpa, and at the age of 7, he enrolled in Colegio Los Reyes Rojos, where he completed his secondary studies. He started swimming at four months old and became a freestyle swimming champion at the 2010 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. At the age of 10, he began tennis lessons and participated in internal championships. After finishing high school, he took a styling course while also working on weekends as a waiter in his family restaurant. From 2014 to 2017, he took dance classes at D1 and won national championships in group salsa dance and pair bachata, as well as the Latin International Dance Cup in group salsa and second place in pair bachata, in 2017 in Orlando. In 2016, he worked as an assistant to the Minister of Labor. From the end of 2016 until February 2018, he worked part-time at Saga Falabella while continuing his dancing. In 2018, he worked full-time at his family’s restaurant, but the demanding hours and limited rest time led him to work at Holiday Inn instead.