He completed his basic and secondary education in Praia da Vitória. He was admitted to Higher Education in 2000, having studied International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.
He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores since November 2008 and, from that date to November 2010, he served as Vice-President of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Part and was also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and of the Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.
He was elected President of the Parliamentary Group in November 2010, a position he held until the end of the IX Legislative Term and during the X Legislative Term, which ended in 2016.
From November 2005 to November 2008, he served as Head of the Cabinet of the Mayor of Praia da Vitória. He was also a member of the Municipal Assembly of Praia da Vitória, where he chaired the Standing Committee of this Assembly and coordinated the Socialist Party Group.
He was the President of the Students' Centre for International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, having organised and promoted partnerships at various national and international conferences on this academic field.
He was elected Vice-President of the Students' Union of the University of Coimbra for educational policy, being also responsible for the institutional relations with other students' unions throughout the country. He was also a member of the Senate of the University of Coimbra and the students’ representative to the Education Council of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra.
He was elected by Students' Unions from all over the country as the students' representative to National Council for Evaluation of Higher Education.
He served as President of the Socialist Youth between 2007 and 2013, also chairing the National Socialist Youth Committee. He was a member of the Regional Secretariat of the Socialist Party - Azores as well as of the National Committee on Political Affairs and the National Committee of the Socialist Party.
He also chaired the Organising Committee in charge of organising the Praia da Vitória Municipal Festivities in 2009, in addition to holding positions in the social bodies of various sports, social and cultural institutions.