I was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971.  From 1989 to 1992, I attended La Universidad de la Habana were I studied philology. In October 1992, I came to live to the United States, studied English and attended Miami-Dade College from 1993 to 1996 were I received an A.A. Degree majoring in physics. I later transferred to the University of Florida to study physics and mathematics. I graduated in 1999. After a summer internship at the Harvard-Smithsonian CFA, I decided to continue graduate studies in astronomy and obtained a PhD. in Astronomy from the University of Florida in May 2007.