Octavio attended Bentonville High School, and joined the Speech and Debate team. He traveled the state with the team and got a few awards, all while his debate partner helped him correct his accent. After he graduated with high honors from Bentonville High School, Octavio stayed in Northwest Arkansas to attend John Brown University, where he was one of the founders and the president of the speech and debate team that represented JBU at various debate competitions. Because he already knew that he wanted to study law, Octavio took extra classes to graduate from JBU in three years. Although ...