After graduating from Montclair Dela Cruz performed in several Broadway productions including Aladdin, Here lies love, The King and I, and Encores! : Merrily We roll Along .

On September 13, 2018 , Nickelodeon announced that Dela Cruz would be Blue’s Clues & You ! Host after auditioning over 3,000 actors. Growing up in New Jersey, Dela Cruz watched the original show with his younger sister and the first Asian - American to host Blue’s Clues. Steve burns, The first host of the original series, participated in the casting process. Dela Cruz also portrayed josh in two guest appearances in the Tiny Chef Show.

Dela Cruz met his wife Amanda while they both attended Montclair State University in 2015, He proposed to her in Central Park While filming a dance duet to Frank Sinatra’s “ You Make Me Feel So Young.