[3] His love of writing began at the age of 17 in the company of Gonzalo Cadavid Uribe, in a publication called Excelsior, and collaborating in parallel with the newspaper La Acción.

In turn, he enrolled in the Sonsón Public Improvement Society,[5] collaborated with the Manizales newspaper La Patria and as a philanthropist for charity organizations in Medellín.

In 1961, he expressed his support for the regional integration of the municipalities of southern Antioquia to manage progress works, and after the earthquake of July 30, 1962, he promoted the creation of the Sonsón pro-reconstruction Foundation.

[6] At the end of 1969 he was admitted as a member of the Antioquia Academy of History,[4] and in January 1970 he collaborated with the creation of the "Roberto Jaramillo Arango" House of Culture.

In 1971, he managed the transfer of the remains of the poet Monsignor Roberto Jaramillo Arango and the Heroine of Salamina, María Martínez de Nisser, back to Sonsón.