Dempsey Rosales Acosta, born in Maracaibo (Venezuela) obtained his Master in Humanities and Pedagogy from the Catholic University Cecilio Acosta (Venezuela), his Baccalaureatus in Theology (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome), his Licenciate in Biblical Sciences (S.L.L.) from the Pontifical Biblicum Institute (Rome), and his Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). Since 2008 he is a peritus, consultant, and collaborator of the Presidential Liaison: Roman Catholic Ministries of the American Bible Society (New York) and since 2010, he is a full time faculty member of the Theology Department and the School of Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX).