Roberto Yu Uy

Uy was born on December 28, 1951, in Mapang, Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte. He is the fifth of seven siblings of Isaias Uy and Francisca Yu. His parents are businesspeople who paved the way in boosting Dipolog's local business scene. He took up his elementary education at Dipolog Chinese School (now Dipolog Community School), then he took up his secondary studies at Chiang Kai Shek College in Manila. He took up a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Adamson University. Prior to politics, he worked with his father in managing their family businesses, which include a hotel and pension house, a fast food restaurant, a hardware store, and trading of copra.