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Actor in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Josephus Gabrielo Casillas Santiago is a singer,dancer, model, actor and voice actor from Puerto Rico born the 23rd of November of 1993. Grandson of Puerto Rican radio broadcaster for Fidelity 95.7FM, Rafael Santiago (1939-2002). Son of divorced and remarried parents, where father married WAPA's Puerto Rican television network news anchor Luz Nereida Velez, which made him want to be interested in the media arts at the age of seven.

In 8th grade, his Spanish teacher talk him into g... Moreoing to a high school which specializes in television and radio production where he was taught by producer of movie "Muerte En El Paraíso" and writer of the Wizards novel, Abimael Acosta Portalatín and graduated in 2012.

Gabrielo participated in radio's "Taller Dramático", with the chance to portrait a sperm, grown later into a baby in a small play titled "La Dinga y Mandinga de Catalino" with Puerto Rican artists, Viviana Falcón, Nelson Del Valle, José Brocco, Amalia Cruz, Raquel Montero, Luz Odilia Font, Francisco Capó, Juan Carlos Santa Cruz, Yazmín Pereira, Miguel Diffoot, Erick Pérez, Nelly Joe Carmona, Ricardo Fábregues, Santos Nazario, Herman O’Neill, Gilda Haddock, Alicia Bibiloni, Carlos Ortega, Shorty Castro, Junior Abrams, Armando Pardo, Alberto Rodríguez, Alberto Zambrana, Martita Martínez, Maylia Pérez, Tito Negrón, Rey Francisco Quiñones, producers, Alejandro Primero, Edith Cabrera', Manuel Villafañe, writers, Alina Marrero, Elsa López, Estela Soto, Héctor Méndez and director Bobby Díaz.

Required for graduation, in high school he was given an internship at Puerto Rico TV (Channel 6) in Máxima 940AM and Allegro 11.93FM radio. Jo was awarded for Best Executor In Supervised Practice for producing a teen radio show called "Cibernética" and got the opportunity to write a produce a teen sitcom for the network called "La N".

Jo spend most of his life writing music and songs for friends and himself and when he found a composer, Craig Friebolin, also known as Frequent-C, who freely makes original composition, Gabrielo took an advantage and wrote a song from one of the musician's unfinished work called My Name In My Underwear and a month later, Jo started college and gathered back singers, harmonizing and chorus voices, including a coach to create his first single recorded at the CCAT's studio by Grammy nominee, Julio González, student, Jesús Mendoza and Jo Gabrielo, himself, which took two months to complete.

Later on, Gabrielo got the opportunity to work as the head writer on the first Puerto Rican animation series "Los Péres" where he then started portraying the voice of the lead character Ángel Péres. Less