From being raised in the projects in a family of 9 living in the most gang‐infested neighborhood in the country to winning NBC's “Last Comic Standing”, to selling out live comedy shows all over the country and being able to act in TV shows and movies, Felipe's life has been anything but boring.
If you had told him back then that all this life experience would one day make people laugh, he wouldn't have believed it. Among the items on his list of goals, “to be happy”, and “to be a stand‐up comedian”, because of how he connected with an old Bill Cosby album when he was younger.
Up until that question, Felipe was under the impression that life was over at 18. As a young Mexican immigrant growing up in the projects in Boyle Heights (East L.A.) and then as a teenage father with a drug and alcohol problem, it was a difficult task because he had never thought that far ahead. During a stint in rehab before he was 21, Felipe was asked what his dreams and goals were.
Comedian and actor Felipe Esparza got his start in comedy all because someone asked him to list 5 goals in life.
