Personal Life
Born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and raised in Canton, Massachusetts, Mariano attended Xaverian Brothers High School, where he played golf and tennis. In 1999, Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Boston University and was also the Boston University coach of their Hockey rollerblade Team. At the time he first entered Survivor, he was a 25 year old construction worker.
In 2005, Mariano and Amber Brkich, his Survivor sweetheart, were married in a private ceremony at Atlantis Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. CBS aired a 2 hour special about the wedding on May 24, 2005. After their marriage, the couple moved to Pensacola, Florida. On July 4, 2009, the couple welcomed their first child; a daughter named Lucia Rose. Their second child, Carina Rose, was born December 10, 2010. Their third daughter, Isabetta Rose, was born on May 5, 2012.
He is a fan of the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots and wore the same Boston Red Sox hat on three of his four seasons on Survivor.
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