Lin-Manuel Miranda

Miranda got married to his high school friend, Vanessa Adriana Nadal, in the year 2010. His wife, a graduate from MIT, is a scientist and lawyer by occupation.

The couple became proud parents to a baby boy named Sebastian in November, 2014.

Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on January 16, 1980 in Upper Manhattan, New York City to Puerto Rican parents, Luz Towns and Luis A. Miranda, Jr. His mother was a clinical psychologist while his father worked as a consultant to the New York City mayor Ed Koch. Miranda has an older sister named Luz who works in the MirRam Group as a Chief Financial Officer.

Although Miranda’s childhood was mostly spent in the Latino neighborhood of Inwood, he never failed to spend one month at his grandparent’s house in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, every year.

Following his mother’s ancestral roots, Miranda describes his ancestry as a quarter Mexican. In fact, ‘Lin-Manuel’ the name is an inspiration taken from a Vietnam War poem written by José Manuel Torres Santiago.

After completing his elementary and high school from Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School respectively, he went to Wesleyan University to do major in theatre studies. Post his graduation, he worked as a high school English teacher for a small span of time.

Being exposed to various genres of music at an early stage ignited Miranda’s love for hip-hop and started scribbling while studying at school. He wrote jingles which were later used for Eliot Spitzer’s gubernatorial campaign in 2006.

Miranda started his career back in 2002 where he along with John Buffalo Mailer worked with director Thomas Kail for the revival of ‘In the Heights’. In 2004, this team of three was joined by writer Quiara Alegría Hudes. This musical hit the Broadway in March 2008 and became a massive hit and ran for two years at a stretch.

His debut work brought him four Tony Awards and an award for the Best Musical and Best Original Score. It also bagged the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2009.

Miranda made two new songs for the revised version of Schwartz and Nina Faso's 1978 musical ‘Working’ as per the request of composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz. In May 2008 it opened in Florida at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Miranda worked with Stephen Sondheim for translating the 2009 Broadway revival of ‘West Side Story’ into Spanish.

His work was not restricted to Broadway only. He was seen making a guest appearance on the television series ‘The Sopranos’ in the episode "Remember When". He essayed the character of Gregory House's roommate, Alvie, in a psychiatric hospital, in the premiere episode of ‘House’, season six in 2010.

As of July 2017, Lin-Manuel Miranda is said to have a net worth of $10 millions.