Eddie earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Dallas and completed graduate studies at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston. Prior to entering the Society and having long been active in the Christian Life Community, he worked as a family physician and took part in medical mission trips to Ethiopia and Peru. Eddie completed his First Studies at ITESO (Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education) – Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara in Mexico and completed his Regency as the Immersion Program Director at Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at Santa Clara University in California. He studied Theology and is currently working on completing his Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California.