corona núñez received a scholarship to attend the national school of anthropology and history ("escuela nacional de antropología e historia"). as a student he worked with donald d. brand in his work "quiroga, a mexican municipio". after his studies he became a rural teacher and eventually director of various primary schools throughout michoacan. he later became director of the anthropology department of the state of nayarit, founded the anthropology museums of tepic and colima, and was in charge of the anthropology department of the university of michoacan.