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Pedro J. Morales Puerto Rico
Pedro J. Morales was born in Chicago, Ill. USA on March 16, 1961. His parents, native to Puerto Rico, moved to live there when he was three months old. His family settled in Trujillo Alto, where they have always lived. He belongs to a large family, all lovers of plants and that have dedicated life to agriculture, especially in the ornamental field where Pedro also started as a child. During his studies of computer programming at the University of Puerto Rico, he started to work part-time in Jardin Selecto, a place where he remains permanently. This is one of the bigger garden centers in the San Juan area. In 1980, during his first year at the University of Puerto Rico, his Spanish class teacher, Maria Rivera, assigned the subject of bonsai for a research program. This is when Pedro met Hugo Storer with whom he shared his time as he prepared his work. After a few years he met the Club Bonsai of Puerto Rico and became a member in 1986. He began to take classes under the supervision of Mr. Adan Montalvo, who is considered one of the strongest members of the local club and the great Master of Puerto Rico. Pedro keeps looking for more information and knowledge and become passionate about Bonsai. He started Futago Bonsai Jyuku in 1993 and it is one of the most important Bonsai schools from Latin America. Since then, he has become one of the more talent artist in the tropical world and his accomplishments include traveling to Latin America, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, India, Spain, Germany and extensive trips to the United States as a demonstrator, lecturer, and exhibitor. He is actively involved in the bonsai movement in the Latin American countries and had helped them to develop their regional groups. He has been a headliner at three World Bonsai Friendship Federation Conventions, Florida 1993, Munich 2001, and Washington DC 2005, and he is the Chairman of the next WBFF Convention in 2009, in Puerto Rico. His trees are recognized as great masterpieces of the tropical world, eight of them were selected in the World Bonsai Contest, and one of them as the second runner up, in 2005. As the President of the Federación Bonsai de Puerto Rico, -FEBOPRI- Pedro was proud to host the BCI FELAB Convention in Puerto Rico, in July 2007, as the best rehearsal for the World Bonsai Convention 2009. He always wishes to share and to learn Bonsai from every ones who wants to have him as instructor.
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