He studied in the public school No.7 and later in the Superior, nevertheless, he was forced to leave his studies to start working at a shoe factory in Guanabacoa to continue his living. His first revolutionary action was at the Havana School of Commerce where he was commanding a group of guerrillas of the 26 July Movement, of which he later became a leader in his town. He was arrested at the age of 21 in Juanelo, where he was later assassinated along with Reynaldo Cruz Romeu, Onelio Dampiel Rodríguez, Leonardo Valdés Suárez, Lydia Doce and Clodomira Acosta.[2]