Tony F. Marquez was in and out of Juvenile hall from the ages of 12 to 14. He continued bumping heads with his step father until finally he was about to become a ward of the state when his biological father picked him up from the Juvenile detention center in San Diego and drove Tony back to Miami to live with him.
He found a love for cinema and that was the only thing that saved him. “That and Jesus” in Tony’s own words. As a young adult he served at Trinity Church in Miami Gardens and went on to help launch the TV production for Vous Church in Miami.
Source: From Dead Broke to a Billionaire: How Tony F. Marquez Broke into the Media Industry – Film Daily