-Degree in Contemporary History, University of Santiago (1986) and rural development agent.
-Manager of ‘Leader + Montes’ (rural development programme) and founder and coordinator of ‘COTAREDO’ (cultural magazine).
-Collaborator of La Voz de Galicia (Deza-Tabeirós-Montes edition) with ‘A Balada do Candán’.
-Collaborator of Faro de Vigo (Deza-Tabeirós–Montes edition) with ‘Ecos Mettacios’.
-Councillor responsible for Culture at the City Council of Forcarei (1999).
-Author of the texts and coordinator of ‘Forcarei.net’.
PUBLICATIONS:
-’Forcarei, no berce do Umia e do Lérez’ (Forcarei, 1992).
-‘Terra de Montes’ (Everest, 2000).
-‘Memoria de Trasdomonte’ (Ediciones Fervenza, 2003).
-‘Chano Piñeiro’ (Ediciones Fervenza, 2003).
-‘Cotaredo’ (cultural magazine), Forcarei (annual edition).
-‘Forcarei. Historia fotográfica do século XX’ (Pontevedra County Council, 2005).
-Linguistic advice in ‘Muíños Tradicionais en Pontevedra’ by Federico de la Peña Santos.
-Linguistic advice in ‘Amelia de Terra de Montes’ by Federico de la Peña.
-Linguistic advice in ‘Os Froitos da Pedra’ by Federico de la Peña.
-Joint author (with Bofill) of the comic biography of Avelino Cachafeiro, the piper from Soutelo (Faro de Vigo, 2001) and Chano Piñeiro (Faro de Vigo, 2001).
-"Raiolas no Faiado" (Sotelo Blanco, 2008).
PRIZES:
-Prize at the 12th edition of ‘Camilo José Cela’ Narrative Prize (2001) for ‘Unha campa na congostra de Rebordechao’.
-Prize at the 6th edition of ‘Reimóndez Portela’ Journalism Prize (2001) for ‘Ler ou non ler, esa é a cuestión’, published in La Voz de Galicia.
-2nd prize at the 8th edition of ‘Anxel Fole’ Narrative Prize for ‘A Muller que non comía’.
-Prize at the 11th edition of ‘Manuel Oreste’ Narrative Prize (2006) for ‘Raiolas no faiado’.
-"Concello de Marín" Narration Prize (2006) for 'O Empeine'.
-Prize at the first edition of "Xoán de Cangas" Short Novel Contest with "Transparente, cronosférico e omníglota segredo de Don Amaro Loureiro e a súa alma perdida e recobrada".
-Anxel Fole Prize (10th edition) for "O Bestiario Máxico do Abade Eliseo".