Born in San Juan,Puerto Rico in 1949. He studied at Manhattan College, School of Visual Arts & earned his Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at College of Mount Saint Vincent's in Mt. Vernon in 1976. Growing up in the Bronx, he worked as a youth counselor & art teache, instrumental in the founding of El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan. In 1980 he moved to Orlando & he worked as a jeweler & clothing designer. In 1993, he became a Art Teacher for OCPS & retired in 2012. Meanwhile he was President & V.P of the FL Chalk Artist Assoc. Recently working on commissioned sculptures for S.E.B.C.O Housing in the Bronx, The P.R Bar Association in ORL and the NYC Sports Foundation.