Mando Fresko (Armando Ponce Montes) born in Los Angeles (raised in South Gate), California to a Mexican family is an American Radio Host, Club DJ, Actor, Model and Television Host. Currently, he can be heard on the nation’s biggest hip-hop station, Power 106 FM (105.9) Los Angeles. There he hosts his own show titled “The Mando Show" bringing over 2 million listeners daily. At the early age of 14 he began to DJ, sing/dance in high school talent shows and deejayed school dances. He attended South Gate High School and graduated in 2003.
In college he had his first radio show where he attracted listeners from Australia, Puerto Rico, Japan; he crashed the station’s server many times because so many people would log on at the same time. At the age of 20, his next move was to Los Angeles hip hop radio station Power 106 FM, where he began in the promotions department and later made his way into becoming the youngest on-air radio personality in station history. Mando has done every time slot from mornings to nights and has interviewed everybody from Kanye West to The Goo Goo Dolls. Mando's hit concert stages, entertaining crowds of over 20,000 people and can often be seen DJ’ing at popular night-clubs in Los Angeles, Houston, and Tokyo Japan.
In early 2007 Mando hit national television airwaves as VJ/host, DJ for "LATV LIVE” where he also attained the position of music coordinator for the LATV Networks, reaching over 43 million homes.
In 2008 he took the role of fashion designer. Mando Fresko currently is developing and collaborating with Internationally renowned clothing brand, Orisue. In 2009 Mando started DJ'ing for the Grammy nominated, LMFAO (band).
He attended Cerritos College Television & Radio Program (WPMD), is graduating from UCLA with a Communications and Psychology degree. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.
In early 2010 he will be making his acting debut in the big screen playing a lead alongside Edward James Olmos.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mando_Fresko
