He is an Agricultural Engineer, with a mention in Phytotechnics, from the Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA), Nicaragua. He has two Diplomas: Agricultural Research with an Agroecological Approach and Participatory Plant Breeding and Community Seed Banks, (UNA). He has a postgraduate degree in Advanced Statistical Analysis System (UNAN, Managua). Work experience within INTA: two years as an agricultural development technician, two years in basic grain seed production and 17 years as an agricultural researcher in various crops.