 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa grew up in Washington, D.C., the son of a Nicaraguan diplomat, then Foreign Minister Francisco Xavier Aguirre Sacasa.He attended Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, followed by Georgetown University where he studied playwriting under Donn B. Murphy.Later he received a Masters Degree in English literature from McGill University, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2003.