Anthony's personal life journey helped him see "that theological education and religious literacy  is vital for the advancement of society as well as congregational development." He grew up in Puerto Rico and lived his youth in Minnesota and Florida. Later, he returned home to complete a B.A. in Social Sciences and Anthropology (Cum Laude). His roots are Pentecostalism and Afro-Caribbean religion's (Santeria). During his undergrad, he got involved in The Reform Jewish community in Puerto Rico, where he volunteered for three years as an interpreter for the clergy at Temple Beth Shalom. He learned how an anthropological world-view and a religious humanist identity could coexist together. During his last year of undergrad studies, he was accepted into The Humanist Institute Class20 having the opportunity to learn and get involved with Unitarian Universalism, Society for Secular Humanistic Judaism, and Ethical Culture.

Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Arts in Theological Studies (inter-religious studies) at Andover Newton Theological School where he is a recipient of the Orlando E. Costas Scholarship and is a current participant of the Hispanic Summer Program. The program is an incubator to help shape his work using Afro-Latinx spirituality and the power of religious symbols as expressions. Recognizing that he is a person that moves in between cultures, also known as Nepantla. This flexibility also transfers to his vision as a future clergy leader by cultivating cohesion with non-theist communities/theistic based on relationships, achieving this work through scholars, seminarians and mentors whose paradigms are interdisciplinary.