Was born in Mendoza Argentina and raised in Santiago de Chile, at the age of seven he begins to have interest in music, when he was fourteen he had allready performed all over the tri state area. He ran into the chilean composer Hugo Moraga and began his first formal musical studies. His first double bass lessons were with Kiyoto Fujiwara, other techers include Santi debriano, Carlos Franzetti, Maria Sheneider and Dennis Mooreman. He is a former recipient of the BMI Jazz composers Work shop Scholarship, granted by Manny Albam and Jim Mcnelly. He received a scholarship from Hunter College to study with professor John A Schaffer.He loves playing with agua clara and he is rock soul of the group.