Childhood. Nando Reis was born in São Paulo to Cecília Leonel and José Carlos Galvão Gomes dos Reis. He was given his prename “José” just like his brothers, José Carlos, the oldest of the children, and José Luiz (who is deaf), the younger.His two sisters also shared the same prenames: Maria Cecília, the older, and Maria Luiza, the youngest of the five, who developed cerebral palsy.

