Manuel, after obtaining one of the best grades in the university entrance test, studied the Double Degree in Mathematics and Physics at the Complutense University of Madrid. During his undergraduate years, he acquired a special interest in data science, which is why he continued his training with the Master in Computational Statistical Information Processing taught jointly by the Complutense University of Madrid and the Polytechnic University of Madrid. His TFM on the effect of bet-hedging on discrete populations received a grade of 10.