Dominic Galindo was born in 1977 to mother Dora Faye Mendieta and father Barney Isidor Galindo. He is the oldest of his six siblings. Galindo enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1999 and was honorably discharged in 2005, after serving 4 years as Traffic Control. Upon leaving the military Galindo worked as a construction worker for some time. He opened his own construction company, Valiant Works LLC, in 2011. Galindo began taking acting classes in 2016 at Alleywood Studios. His hard work paid off when he landed the role as El Cocinero in the TV series Queen of the South (2016). Show less «