Santos is a born and raised Chicagoland native. Prior to joining YPAC, Santos honed his musicianship as a singer/songwriter at Columbia College studying Vocal Performance and focused primarily on Classical and Musical Theater repertoire. Musical Theater roles have included Angel in RENT (2014) as well as Piraguero in Vision Latinos production of In The Heights (2019).

In 2022 he performed with the Chicago based collective "Musicality" at the McDonald's World Conference and shared the stage with greats such as Bruno Mars, Jennifer Hudson and Imagine Dragons. He also performs locally with bands, writes and arranges his own music and is a worship leader at Wellspring UMC in Oswego. Santos currently resides in Yorkville with his wife and daughter.