Sancho's mother has Spanish, Native American and Central European ancestry and his father is Slovakian descent. His mother is a former gymnast-dancer and his father is a holistic-nutritionist and a national champion in powerlifting. Sancho was greatly influenced by his father's and mother's athleticism and optimum lifestyle. Since his early childhood he knew he wanted to become an actor, role model and to motivate and positively inspire others to live balanced life. In 2007, Sancho graduated from the Associated Secondary School of Hotel Services and Commerce with a major in Hotel Services and Culinary Arts. He completed four semesters at the Faculty of Science with a major in Mass Media Communication. While studying at the University, Sancho decided to study holistic nutrition following his father's footsteps. He is still passionately encouraging people to yoga-meditation, healthy eating and life choices in order to flourish holistically and live wholly.
Career
Sancho Martin’s professional career started in 1999, and almost instantly he began to win countless awards in the areas of movement and contortionist. Recognized for his outstanding and unique movement skills and achievements, Sancho participated as a judge at the international talent competition, “The Big Bang” in Brugge, Belgium. In 2010 Sancho won 1st place at the Talent Awards, the Biggest European Talent Competition, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic. His career began to expand after landing a prominent role on Comedy Central's, “The Gong Show with Dave Attell" as a contestant, where he won the ultimate prize. Much of his work came from enviable national commercial campaign entitled ‘Prehistoric' produced and directed by MTV’s Punk’dexecutive producer Billy Rainey, 2014 Super Bowl’s Time Warner entitled “Grandma’s” hosted by American rapper and record producer Sean John Combs known as P. Diddy and Major League Baseball Brian Wilson’s entitled “In The Beard” directed by Chris Nelson. Sancho’s career continued to expand with a wealth of television programming, film and national commercials. His exotic appeal coupled with his unique skills, have caught the eye of casting directors and others within the entertainment industry. Sancho Martin has also been featured in music videos for Chris Brown2011 BET Awards Winner single "Look at Me Now", Mick Jagger Super Heavy single, “Miracle Worker” directed by Scottish music video director Paul Boyd. Sancho Martin has also performed as movement character actor at “One Drop Foundation” Red Carpet events for the world-renowned entertainment group, Cirque du Soleil.
