Angel was born in August 1990 in Lima, Peru, in the La Victoria district.
He grew up in Villa El Salvador, located in the south of Lima by the sea. It is a working-class city that was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord in 1987 for—among other things—its strong sense of community organization, the diversity of its population, and its rich cultural activity (theatre, circus, music, and dance). That same year, it was declared a “Messenger City of Peace” by the United Nations, before being heavily affected by terrorism a few years later.
Angel attended Pachacutec school there until the age of 16. At the same time, he had his first experiences with circus at the age of eleven, in a small amateur workshop where he practiced acrobatics, juggling, and stilt walking.
From 2004 to 2008, he joined the emerging circus company Maromas y Saltimbancos, with which he began working in street performance, notably with Círculo de Fuego.
Between 2009 and 2011, he trained at the professional circus school “La Tarumba” in Lima, where he practiced static trapeze, aerial rope, tightwire, small swing, equestrian acrobatics, and flying rope. By the age of 20, Angel had become a qualified circus artist, recognized across Latin America, and began performing and working at numerous events.
In 2013, he moved to France to further his training at the National School of Circus Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois (ENACR), specializing in flying rope, and later joined the National Centre for Circus Arts (CNAC) in Châlons-en-Champagne in 2015.