He graduated in with a degree in Agronomic Engineering from the University of the State of Minas Gerais/Passos Campus (2003), where he received a Scientific Initiation scholarship. His master's degree is in Agronomy (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de Jaboticabal (2005). In 2008, he recieved his doctorate from the same institution and in the same area as his master's. In 2011, he joined as Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Registro, as an assistant professor-doctor. He is currently an associate professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, working in the development of research in the field of vegetable production/management and the genetic breeding of vegetables, especially sweet potato, lettuce, and melon crops.