 He was a disciple of distinguished teachers such as Elena Martínez, Alonso Gamero Reyes, Francisco Tamayo and Josefina Lopez Ruiz, and was part of an extraordinary generation of professionals in the sciences of the sea and other aquatic spaces that included Fernando Cervigon, Jose Celestino Flores, Francisco Mago Leccia, Pedro Roa Morales, Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere, Gilberto Rodríguez, Pablo Mandazen Soto (Brother Gines), Evelyn Zoppi, among others.He studied at the Miguel Antonio Caro Teacher School, in the Caracas parish of Sucre, where he obtained a teacher's degree in 1952, which allowed him to obtain a job as Principal at the Cañada de la Iglesia Evening School in Caño Amarillo.He completed his college degree at the Pedagogical Institute of Caracas where he graduated with honors in Biology and Chemistry in 1957.