Elementary, Junior High and High Schools - Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, PR; 1975 B.S. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; 1979 Ph.D. in Biochemistry - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; 1984 NIH Individual (F32) NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship - LKEM, NHLBI, NIH; 1984-1987 Tenure-Track Investigator - LKEM, NHLBI, NIH; 1987-1992 Tenured Senior Investigator - LKEM, NHLBI, NIH; 1992-2000 Section Chief - LKEM, NHLBI, NIH; 1997-2000 Assistant Director, Office of Intramural Research, Office of the Director, NIH; 1999-present