He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas College of Medicine. He became Municipal Mayor of Silay, Negros Occidental for two terms then a member of the Provincial board from 1922-1925 and Provincial Governor from 1925-1928. He became a representative from 1928-1931 and the delegate of the first district of occidental Negros to the Constitutional Convention of 1934. For 10 years, he served as the Secretary of the sugar planter’s association and representative of the Liga de la Proteccion de la Infancia in the province.