He has worked for the Detroit Free Press, !Exito!/Chicago Tribune and El Comercio in Lima, Peru. He has also been an assistant professor of graphic arts at the Universidad de Lima School of Communications for 10 years. His design work has been recognized by The Society for News Design and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is a Fulbright scholar and holds a masters in journalism (1992) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a Licenciatura degree in design and communications (1989,) and a bachelors degree in communications (1981) both from the Universidad de Lima, Peru.