Background
Canales, Francisco Luis was born on July 20, 1957 in Mexico City.
Canales, Francisco Luis was born on July 20, 1957 in Mexico City.
After his Olympic career, Francisco Cañales was educated and trained at two of the most prestigious academic institutions in the country: Harvard College and Stanford University. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors at Harvard College in 1978, he then completed his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1982.
He is currently a plastic surgeon in Santa Rosa, California. Doctor Cañales was particularly interested in plastic surgery and elected to take on additional surgical training and received a Plastic Surgery Residency at Stanford University Hospital. Doctor Cañales now lives in Santa Rosa, California. They have two kids: Diego Cañales, the elder child, born December 16th 1991 in Boston, Massachusetts. Diego is a Stanford graduate, currently pursuing a career in computer science.
Siena Cañales, the younger child, was born December 1st 1993 in Santa Rosa, California.
She is now a student at Harvard University concentrating in the History of Science.