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Joseph Patrick Santagato (born February 25, 1992) is an American YouTuber, podcaster and comedian. He is a co-host of the podcasts The Basement Yard and Other People’s Lives with Frank Alvarez and is the founder of the YouTube-based video production company Santagato Studios. He is the youngest of four children to Elizabeth and Joseph Santagato.
Joe Santagato was born and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York, United States. He is of maternal Irish descent and paternal Italian descent. His mother, Elizabeth, was a public school secretary and his father, Joseph, was a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department. He has three older siblings, Thomas, Shannon and Keith. Thomas is a former Team USA athlete and national skeleton champion, and Keith had a gaming YouTube channel from 2015 to 2017 with over 100,000 subscribers.
Santagato attended the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Louis Armstrong Middle School, and St. Francis Preparatory School. Santagato later attended Queensborough Community College but dropped out, instead working as a pizza delivery boy and waiter while growing his YouTube channel.
Santagato began to produce video content at the age of 13, focusing…
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