Colegio de Belén
He graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami in June 1978. He was the legislative aide to Representative Javier D. Souto for four years when he ran for State Representative the first time in 1988 against Mario Díaz-Balart. In 1994, he lost his re-election bid to Alex Diaz de la Portilla. In 2004, Manrique ran for State House seat 114 but lost that election in the Republican primary.