Octavio Bernaza was born on March 6, 1995. From the age of 17 days, he received early developmental support with the active participation of his parents and brother. At 15 months, he began preschool at Kallpa, and at age seven, he enrolled at Colegio Los Reyes Rojos, where he completed his secondary education.
He began swimming at four months old and became a freestyle swimming champion at the 2010 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. At age 10, he began taking tennis lessons and competing in internal championships.
After graduating from high school, he completed a hairstyling course while working weekends as a waiter at his family’s restaurant. From 2014 to 2017, he took dance classes at D1 and won national championships in group salsa and partner bachata. At the 2017 Latin International Dance Cup in Orlando, he won the group salsa competition and placed second in partner bachata.
In 2016, he worked as an assistant to Peru’s Minister of Labour. From late 2016 until February 2018, he worked part-time at Saga Falabella while continuing to dance. In 2018, he began working full-time at his family’s restaurant before moving to a position at the Holiday Inn.
In 2019, Bernaza joined the cast of Hamlet. Since then, he has appeared in more than 160 performances across 33 cities and 11 countries, including engagements at the Festival d’Automne à Paris and the Edinburgh International Festival.
