Rob was born in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and was raised by a single mom. Contrary to popular belief and unfounded assumptions, he is NOT white. He is half El Salvadorian and half Brazilian.

Rob is bilingual, meaning Spanish is his first language and English isn’t. He didn’t know a word of English until he got to the second grade and from watching countless hours of Saturday Morning Cartoons with Wile E. Coyote being one of his favorites. 

Soon after, Rob graduated from Saturday Morning Cartoon-watching to a full-fledged high school student at Notre Dame Private School. Shortly after that, he studied film at San Francisco State University. It was there that he learned that not only does he have the talent to make people laugh their butts off but more importantly, he is doing EXACTLY what he loves! 

While taking acting classes in the evening and auditioning during the day, he became a substitute teacher for two years and then taught Special Ed for three years.

He grew up watching Saturday Night Live and the stand-up comedy show Comic Strip Live. Although his favorite comedic actor is Steve Martin, the following comedians have influenced Rob immensely: Brian Regan, Richard Jeni, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and George Lopez.