Rodrigo graduated from Tarleton State University with a B.Sc. in Animal Science and a MBAE.in Agricultural Economics from the University of del Valle de Guatemala. His expertise in coffee range from being a coffee grower in Guatemala  to purchasing a specialty coffee roasting and commercialization facility in Texas. Rodrigo also served as the Director of Capital at AdventGX, bringing his financial expertise to a variety of projects ranging from technology startup companies to community wide economic development. As a Senior Operations, Finance and Grant Manager, he worked for USAID- RTI Alianzas Multisectorial program that was executed in Central America. Rodrigo also worked for the Inter American Development Bank for almost a decade, were he contributed in the elaboration and management  of many Multi-Sector Technical Cooperation and loans for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. He also has worked in agribusiness and financial business management for over than a decade.