Salvador Schmidt is a classical guitarist from Long Beach, California and is a student at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Music Industry and a minor in Classical Guitar. At USC, he has been a guitarist in USC's mariachi band, Los Troyanos de USC. He studied classical and rock guitar under Lou Warde and played viola in the Sympony Orchestra at the School of Performing Arts at Wilson High School in Long Beach.