 He participated from the beginning (2001) in the joint presence of liberation theology in the World Social Forum.José María graduated in systematic theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (September 1972), and obtained his degree at the Roman University of St. Thomas ("Angelicum"), in 1974).He began studying Clinical Psychology at the School of Psychology at the University of Salamanca terminating his degree at the University of Central America in Managua (1992).