After graduating from Dr. Pila High School,[3] he enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez to study chemical engineering.

[4] After two years, he transferred to Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and majored in business administration, taking electives in theatre.

In 1997, he also had his own show titled Pa' la Cama con Luis Raúl produced by Luisito Vigoreaux.

In 2000, he officially established himself back in Puerto Rico and started another show called En Casa de Luis Raúl in Televicentro.

In 2008, Luis Raúl kicked off a farewell tour called "Chiquito Pero Juguetón" with the intention of retiring afterward.

The tour was highly successful in Puerto Rico and one of the venues where the show was taped was released as a film in theatres in the island titled "Chiquito Pero Juguetón: Da Muvi".

[citation needed] His penultimate stand-up comedy was titled "A Cuero Pela'o" and ran from Autumn 2012 to Spring 2013.

One of Luis Raúl's final wishes as a stand-up comedian, was to use the footage recorded from "Que OJOnes" and turn it into a film.

Consequently, he suffered from kidney failure, which in turn led to cardiac and respiratory arrest, dying early in the morning of February 2, 2014.