Carlos Ponce

Carlos Ponce is a Puerto Rican actor singer composer and television personality Ponce was born in Santurce Puerto Rico His parents Carlos Ponce Sr and Esther Freyre emigrated from Cuba after the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro After his birth the family moved to Humacao where Ponce was raised As a child he would actively participate in his schools plays and at home he would often put on a show for the family where he would sing the latest tunes Carlitos as he is known in Puerto Rico started to appear in television commercials at the age of six He attended high school in Humacao and was a member of the schools drama club In 1986 the Ponce family moved to Miami Florida and Ponce continued to participate in his schools productions He was named the best student actor of the southern region of the United States In 1990 Ponce participated in the Southeastern Theatre Conference and competed for the chance to win a scholarship He won and enrolled in the New World School of the Arts conservatory However the Spanishlanguage television station Univision offered Ponce the opportunity to host a show called Hablando Talking This was his first serious television debut and after his debut he gave up his university studies