Daniel Barboza is the son of Alejandro and Selene Barboza. Throughout the course of four years of attendance at East Central High School, he largely focused on academics, with the notable exceptions of placing on the UIL Social Studies and Current Events teams and Cyberpatriot. He received the Academic Achievement Award in 2016 from the Spanish Department and again in 2019 from the Social Studies department. He will be attending the University of Texas at San Antonio in the fall to pursue a degree in Computer Science.