Tito grew up in the Washington, DC area and studied Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland. After working at the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, he trained at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic Dermatology Residency Program.

His brother was born with a severe club foot requiring extensive surgical reconstruction—the impetus for his family to immigrate from the United States from Nigeria. He spent his initial post-graduate years working as a wastewater engineer on the Chesapeake Bay, where he volunteered on a Zika Emergency Response Team. Fascinated with the interconnectedness between human health and ecological systems, Tito changed his career trajectory and pursued a two-year research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Undiagnosed Diseases Program before medical school where he studied rare inborn errors of metabolism.

Tito is an avid adventure athlete who competes in mountain biking and whitewater stand-up paddleboarding races. He has been featured in a docuseries about whitewater paddlers, written articles for paddling magazines, provided consultation to paddling brands for product design, and has been featured twice in the American Whitewater calendar. In addition to this, he collaborates with outdoor organizations to expand their reach to diverse audiences. He also finds immense joy in trips surfing, paddle boarding, cycling, and skiing.

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