He wrote the book Four Years Closer to Heaven, which describes his experiences in poverty reduction and climate change mitigation in the Andes of Peru.

SPORTS National Swimming Champion of Peru, 200 m Backstroke 1965, Southwest Conference NCCA Bronze Medalist 1967.

Received the "Great Cross Cruzeiro do Sul" of Brazil and the Distinguished Services "Comendador" order of Peru.

Winner of the sixth "International Green Award" (2011)–Collaborative Initiative Category for his direction of the Agrorural 240 Million Trees Campaign.

From 2013 to 2014 he was in charge of the PROJECT ADOPT AN INCA TERRACE-ADOPTA UN ANDEN, of APEGA, Society of Peruvian GAstronomy addressed to Market Access of National Rural Producers.