Colegio de Belén
Llamas was born in Miami, Florida, on July 2, 1979, to Cuban immigrants who had fled the island as political refugees. He attended The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami. He is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He received bachelor's degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Drama and Speech which he completed in May 2001.