Escuela de Filosofia, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas and Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Costa Rica (Licenciado en Derecho, 1976). Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Laws. Master of Comparative Law).
Fulbright Scholar.
Member of the Private Sector Advisory Council on Foreign Trade, since 1988. Private Sector Delegate to the Official Committee for Costa Rican accession to General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, since 1988.
Working as a partner of FACIO & CANAS. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Costa Rica.
Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica. American Bar Association. Inter-American Bar Assocation.
Inter-American Bar Foundation.
Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce (Chairman, International Trade Committee, since 1988).