Mucyo Balinda was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. He moved to the United States as a refugee 19 years ago. He obtained his undergraduate degree in human services at Springfield College. He obtained his graduate degree in Cyber Security Leadership and Operations at the University of San Diego (USD). He is the founder of Lingo On the Go, a language services company that provides interpretation and translation services locally(in the US) and internationally in more than 200 languages.

He is married and together with his hermosa wife they have two beautiful children.