Salvador was born to an architect father and a doctor mother. At a young age, he wanted to become an interior designer but took up architecture instead. He graduated cum laude at the University of Santo Tomas. Pursuing his passion for interiors, he studied visual merchandising, exhibited sculptural works, competed in furniture design earning him a Katha Award, and apprenticed under an Art Director to learn set creation and production design. All disciplines led him to a career of staging glamour and modern styles of interiors.
Mike Salvador was featured in One Mega Lifestyle and recognized for being hailed by Katha Awards as the Most Promising Young Filipino Designer.