He is originally from Durham, England and has lived in Tunja for more than 18 months. He studied Modern Languages (English and Spanish) at The Open University in the United Kingdom. In 2011, he completed the English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher Certificate Program at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He has been teaching English for more than 3 years and in December, 2013 he completed a Master's degree in Audiovisual Translation at the University of Leeds, England.