Ovidio Diaz Espino was born in Panama. He holds a degree in political sciences from UCLA, a master in international laws from Cambridge University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as a lawyer in several prestigious Wall Street firms, including JP Morgan & Co. As an expert on Panama, he has appeared in History Channel and PBS documentaries, has been interviewed in CNN and other television stations, and his articles have been published in several newspapers, magazines and books in the U.S. He lives between Panama and New York City.