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Born on January 16, 1980, in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up immersed in both hip-hop culture and Broadway musicals. He attended Hunter College High School and graduated from Wesleyan University in 2002, where he wrote an early version of In the Heights as a student project.Miranda's first major musical premiered off-Broadway in 2007 before transferring to Broadway in 2008. As composer, lyricist, and star, he won his first Tony Awards for Best Original Score ...