Early Years
Canales (birth name: Nemesio R. Canales Torresola ) was born in the town of Jayuya. He received his primary and secondary education in schools in the towns of Utuado and Jayuya. Canales continued his higher educational studies in the "Liceo of Mayagüez" where he earned a bachelor's degree in literature. In 1896, Canales went to Spain and enrolled in the University of Zaragoza to study medicine. In 1898, when the United States declared war against Spain, Canales abandoned his studies and went to Baltimore, Maryland. There he enrolled in Baltimore's College of Law in 1903.
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