Biography: Luis Kelly-Duarte is an actor. He was born in Nicaragua, but as a child Luis migrated to San Francisco with his mother and two sisters to escape the communist government of Nicaragua and reunite with his father, who’d arrived in the States a few years prior. Luis comes from a rich cultural background, although Nicaraguan, he is an Afro-Latino. His paternal side of the family comes from the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, rich in music, dance, food and tradition.