Miguel is originally from Loja, Ecuador, South America. He received his B.S. in Agricultural Science and Animal Production from Zamorano Pan-American School (Honduras, Central America), M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agronomy from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA), and MBA from NC State University (Raleigh, USA). He joined the Crop Science Department at NC State in August. 2013.