He holds Master Degrees in Architecture and City Planning with emphasis in Urban Design and Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia and certificates in Classical Architecture and Medieval Iconography from the University of Cambridge in England. His professional practice at Jaime Correa and Associates, in the City of Miami, explores the everyday design capacities in the production of urban form, the design differences between space and place, the necessity for informalities and bottom-up tactics and situations, architecture, theory, design, and art in public spaces. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Religions and won the University of Miami 2013 Excellence in Civic Engagement Award.