He completed a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of Puerto Rico with high honors.

As part of his military functions, he was an instructor in the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

While in university he was elected president of the student council, president of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, and in 1967, Lodge Chief of Yokahu Lodge of the Order of the Arrow of the Boy Scouts of America, Puerto Rico Council; was also recognized with the Vigil Honor.

In 1976, he was appointed Electoral Commissioner when he was only twenty-eight years old, making him the youngest person to hold that position.

In 1994, he was elected president of the Popular Democratic Party, and in 1996 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Puerto Rico, losing by a 51% to 45% margin to Pedro Rosselló.

Jesús T. Piñero's principal biographer, he is also contributing to the biography of former Puerto Rico Senate Vice President Luis Negrón López, the PDP's 1968 gubernatorial candidate.

He also edited the biography of Sen. Luis Negrón López, published by the Interamerican University Press in September 2007.