Sergio grew up in an environment full of literature and culture, which had a profound impact as he grew from a young intellectual to an accomplished professional academic and scholar.  Sergio is known for connecting people to information in engaging, interesting, and thought-provoking ways.

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Sergio's studies include dual Ph.D. in Religion, with a concentration in Philosophy of Religion and Theology, and Cultural Studies, with a concentration in Hemispheric and Transnational Studies, at Claremont Graduate University.

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Sergio holds the Howard W. Hunter fellowship for Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, along with two additional fellowships in the Religion and Cultural Studies.

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At Claremont Graduate University, Sergio collaborates with the Mormon Migration Project, where he assists in securing archives of LDS church history from throughout Latin America.  His latest archive is from Chile and is called the Wilfredo Lopez Collection.

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Sergio completed his MAR in Theology with a concentration in Liberation Theology from Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT.  

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Sergio graduated Summa Cum Laude in Cross-Cultural Studies and Summa Cum Laude in Biblical/Theological Studies from the Baptist University of the Americas, in San Antonio, Texas.

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Sergio has attended Houston Baptist University, Dallas Baptist University, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has taken various graduate courses in Christian Ministry, Christian Leadership, Systematic Theology, Spiritual formation, Greek, and Hebrew.  

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Sergio was awarded the Robert E. Seymour Merit Scholarship at Yale Divinity School for outstanding scholastic achievements. 

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Sergio was awarded the Young Maston Scholar Award on the occasion of the 2014 T.B. Maston Christian Ethics Lectures at Logsdon Seminary & School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University.

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Sergio received the BUA Scholar Award from Baptist University of the Americas in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement for the years of 2014 & 2015.

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While at Yale Divinity School Sergio coordinated the first Hispanic Theological Conference, April 22, 2016, with keynote speakers Dr. Justo L. Gonzalez, Dr. Nora Lozano, and Dr. Daisy Machado.  The title "The Grass is Brown on this Side of the Fence, Reading the Bible from our own Perspective.  

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While at Yale Divinity School Sergio assisted in the formation of "La Comunidad," the first Hispanic Student Association at Yale Divinity School.  Sergio served as the event coordinator and treasurer.

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While at Yale Sergio produced a radio program called "Teologia Sin Fronteras." A Spanish radio program geared toward teaching the cultural aspects of Scripture from a liberationist perspective.  He worked with several Hispanic Churches in and around New Haven, CT. encouraging Hispanic youth to pursue higher education, which is a passion of his. 

  

Sergio founded the "Phoenix Resource Center," for Hispanic Students struggling with dyslexia in the southwestern county of San Antonio, Texas.  The center provided Hispanic students with dyslexia with free resources. The center is now an extension of Baptist University of the Americas and has been renamed "Las Raíces Profundas."  Sergio has struggled with dyslexia his entire life and enjoys encouraging children with dyslexia to pursue their dreams.

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Sergio served as a missionary and social activist in Guatemala, Honduras, México, Colombia, and India, having a passion for improving the lives of those oppressed by political or societal norms.

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Intellectual interest includes Mormonism, Latin American Theology, Hispanic Theology, and Liberation Theology.

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Sergio is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is dedicated to the lifelong study of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and sharing his testimony/conversion story.

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Sergio writes from an LDS perspective, using his knowledge of Protestant theology, Catholic theology, Judaic philosophy, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin American theology, as points of departure toward Mormonism.   

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Sergio developed distinctive Latter-Day Saints beliefs throughout his educational career, without being exposed to LDS theology.  He enjoys writing from his educational perspective in order to help others see theology in a different light.

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