Franco Manquepillán-Calfuleo is a student of Industrial Civil Engineering with a mention in Bioprocesses and a graduate in Engineering Sciences from the University of La Frontera. He has a previous degree as a Higher Level Nursing Technician from the Santo Tomás Technical Training Center (2016). Currently, he is pursuing his professional practice at the Institute of Local and Regional Development. He is also a research assistant for the DIUFRO-DI23-0022 project and in strategic management at the University of La Frontera.