"I was born in Granada, Nicaragua, my parents were not practicing Catholics but they went to mass, the one who instructed me in the faith and I have beautiful memories of when I was a child and she was already of advanced age, she taught me to pray, but above all to call the Virgin Mary as mom, because of her I have a great love for the Blessed Virgin and the prayers she taught me to address her, who was my grandmother.
When I was still a child, I became an altar boy in my parish, which was previously under the care of the Jesuit Fathers, and from them I learned to love the Sacred Heart and to become aware and aware of the importance of spiritual direction.
When I started my high school studies, in 2012, the parish of my community (Asunción Xalteva Parish) took a different turn due to the physical difficulties of the Jesuit priests became a Diocesan parish and the first diocesan pastor named Fr. Augusto became the parish priest of the diocese and the first diocesan parish priest called Fr. Augusto went to attend to the community, so the trust and his friendship motivated me to follow the call of Jesus Christ, because his example, his disposition and spirituality as well as when the faithful needed help or advice they had the attention of an attentive father and many other examples of other priests of my diocese as my current pastor, the vicar general of the diocese Luis Vallejos.
Then I finished my high school studies and after my pastor's encouragement and my own discernment I entered the seminary where I studied philosophy, which helped me to see a broader service in the community, in my family and in my life as a Christian.
This new opportunity to be formed in the International Seminary of Bidasoa and study at the University of Navarra represents a new challenge for me that will help me to better serve my diocese, with the help of God and Mary, and I thank God and the donors for this great opportunity in my priestly formation".
