Since 2004, has conducted bi-yearly trips to Taiwan and Indonesia to learn advanced tropical and high mountain juniper bonsai design techniques. Has served as translator and editor of numerous articles submitted by Mr. David Benavente and Master Lo Min Hsuan to Bonsai Today & Bonsai Focus.
•1988 - present: Has won numerous awards for his bonsai in Puerto Rico
•2000- Honorary Member of the Bonsai Club of Miami
•2000: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator at the Moscoso Botanical Garden in the Dominican Republic on the topic of Bonsai
•2004: Guest Speaker at the Fairchild Botanical Gardens on How to train Tropical Species as Bonsai; Ficus microcarpa and Bougainvillea spectabilis
•2004: Guest Speaker and demonstrator, Kawa Bonsai Society; Annual Joy of Bonsai Convention and Exhibition; Juniperus chinensis
•2007: Guest Speaker and Demostrator for the 9th Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition: Casuarina equisetifolia
•2007: Editor in Chief for the book “Tropical Bonsai”, by Indonesian Bonsai Master Mr. Budi Sulistyo
•2007: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator for the Annual Joy of Bonsai, Orlando , Florida; Juniperus chinensis
•2007: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator for the Annual Bonsai Societies of Florida Convention in Cape Canaveral; Juniperus chinensis
•2008: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator at the Annual Rendezvous Bonsai Convention in Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery; Pinus thunbergii
•2009: Participant at the 10th Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition in Taiwan , R.O.C.
•2009: Participant at the 30 year Celebration of the Indonesian Bonsai Society (PPBI), Malang, Indonesia
•2010: Lecture on Alternative Brach Design, Bonsai Club of Puerto Rico
•2011: Invited Speaker for the 4th Shohin Bonsai Tropical Convention in San Juan , Puerto Rico; Ligustrum sinensis
•2013: Grand Champion; 1rst Puerto Rico National Bonsai Show; Olea europea
•2014: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator: 11th Latin American Bonsai Congress; Juniperus chinensis
•2014: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator: 35th Year Anniversary of the Indonesian Bonsai Society (PPBI); Bandung / Bali , Indonesia; Podocarpus costalis / Carmona microphylla
•2015: Guest Speaker and Demonstrator: 3rd Puerto Rico National Show; Ficus microcarpa
•2015: Guest Speaker and Demostrator: 1rst Jardin Selecto Bonsai Symposium: Malpighia emarginata
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