Doctor of Jurisprudence and a degree in Social, Political and Economic Sciences. He was director and columnist for magazines and newspapers in Loja. He has taken several postgraduate courses in the country and abroad and has several postgraduate degrees. He held various positions and dignities at the local and national level. He was a Director of the Ex-CONUEP and the Ex - CONESUP and Member of the Commission for the Civic Control of Corruption and National Legal Director of the AGD.

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He has chaired university groups such as the Association of Public Universities of Ecuador, ASUEPPE, the Association of Universities of North Peru and South Ecuador, AUSENP and UNAMAZ, Union of Amazonian Universities. And he is a national and international lecturer, making a series of publications of articles, brochures and 13 books.

He is currently Legal Advisor to SENAGUA.