Irving Gamez was born in Brownsville, Texas and spent the first 12 years of his life living in Mexico. At the age of 12, Irving’s family moved to Terrell, Texas, where he still lives today. He grew up with 2 sisters and a brother. Irving is engaged to a lovely girl named Christina, who he has been with for 8 years now. He was quoted saying, “She (Christina) is my backbone, my rock, my everything, and thanks to her, I am able to be here today”. She stood by him through the darkest part of his life.