Roberto Manrique

Manrique was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the youngest of five children. Xavier, Manrique's father, was a cardiologist and his mother, Mencha Miranda, was a dedicated educator. He studied at the Liceo Panamericano primary, where he was involved in all kinds of artistic activities that particularly stood out as a student participation. It also showed interest in the topics of social awareness, as part of groups like the Nature Foundation and undertaking campaigns that touched these issues on their own initiative and their friends like.

When choosing a career, Roberto chose the Social Communication with a concentration in Graphic Design at the Universidad Casa Grande in Guayaquil. "I remember it as one of the best times of my life, in which I could discover and develop my creativity , expands my personality and discover the career potential it had "While studying experienced and performed several jobs and trades, including Cinemark teller, TV presenter and creative advertising at BBDO, where he started out as a promising publicist. However, he decided to leave these jobs to concentrate on finishing his college career that culminated with honors since Roberto received the award for most creative student, he graduated in Technical Advertising (2000) and its degree in Communications (2002).

Upon completion of this phase of education and pursue professional communication Spiral mounted an advertising agency in order to work in Social Marketing. Despite economic success, he felt dissatisfied. To take a radical turn to his life, he closed his agency and traveled to Peru, where he worked as a waiter one time free of responsibilities as he wished. After his father was diagnosed with cancer, he returned to Ecuador and pursued a career in acting. A short time later, Roberto received his first acting opportunity and enter the talent to be part of a series called The Sorceress.

On August 27, 2021, Manrique publicly came out as gay and said that he had been in a relationship with his current boyfriend for seven years.^[1][2]