He completed his undergraduate studies at the Instituto Nacional Francisco Menendez, and 1978 was recognized as First Bachelor of the Republic of El Salvador. During the Civil War, was part of the Salvadoran Communist Party. After the conflict, academic studies in various institutions such as INCAE and the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas". At the University of El Salvador, received a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Internacionales.2