My background in education is quite diverse. I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. I
received a public-school education: Jefferson Elementary; Jefferson Junior High; and East Jefferson
High School. During my summer high-school vacations, I enrolled in two summer school sessions at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM]. At that time (1960-1961), I studied Spanish, as
well as the history, culture and architecture of Mexico.
Upon graduating from high school, I enrolled in government at Louisiana State University in New
Orleans (LSUNO, today UNO), where I studied for two years until 1963. Then, in September of 1963, I
went on a two-week vacation to Mexico, during which I was offered a scholarship to study a Master's in
Oriental Studies at El Colegio de México. Ultimately, that two-week vacation turned into more than two
decades of studying and working in Mexico. I completed the program in Oriental Studies in 1966 and
then enrolled in a Licentiate degree in International Relations.
I graduated with a Licentiate degree in International Relations in 1969, and then was appointed
Assistant Director to the Center for International relations at El Colegio de México. But, I resigned from
that position and accepted a position as a researcher at the Institute of Social Research [IIS] at UNAM
around 1970. Prior to taking on a full-time position at the Institute of Social Research, I published an
extensive bibliography on Mexico (México en el siglo veinte, 1968) and a two-volume book on
socioeconomic statistical charts on Latin America (Cuadros Estadísticos Socioeconómicos sobre
América Latina, 1969). These works may be viewed at the Howard-Tilton Library at Tulane University
in New Orleans.
I am retired now [2011] and write about science and art.