Quimbo spent the first two years of elementary school at the Sacred Heart College in Catbalogan, Samar.

[citation needed] He enrolled at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City for his undergraduate and law degrees.

In 2008, the Pag-IBIG Fund was awarded the United Nations Scroll of Honour for its outstanding and innovative housing programs, a first for any Philippine government agency.

He was preceded by Del de Guzman, who won as mayor of Marikina in 2010, and was succeeded by his spouse, Stella Quimbo.

[2] On August 6, 2024, he left the Liberal Party and joined the largest party in the House of Representatives under the Marcos Jr. administration, Lakas-CMD, headed by presidential cousin and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez[3] Quimbo is married to Stella Alabastro Quimbo and has 4 children – 3 sons and a daughter.