Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: D'Escoto chere na a kpọrọ ya ije ozi dị ka ụkọchukwu ma banye n'ụlọ akwụkwọ seminarị nke Òtù Ndị Ozi Ala Ọzọ nke Maryknoll na 1953. E chiri ya ụkọchukwu nke Society na 1961 tupu ya etinye aka na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. O nwetara nzere Master of Science site na Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism n'afọ na-eso ya, ma bụrụkwa onye bụ isi na ntọala ụlọ obibi akwụkwọ Maryknoll, Orbis Books, na 1970. O jere ozi dị ka onye ọrụ nke Kansụl Chọọchị Ụwa. Dị ka onye na-akwado nkà mmụta okpukpe nke nnwere onwe, o sonyeere òtù Sandinista na nzuzo. D'Escoto guzobere Nicaraguan Foundation for Integral Community Development (FUNDECI) na Jenụwarị 1973 iji kwalite mmeghachi omume na-abụghị nke gọọmentị na ngbanwe nke ọtụtụ puku ndị mmadụ n'obodo.
Ala ọma jijiji e nwere na Managua na Disemba 1972 Ọ gara n'ihu dịka Onye isi oche nke FUNDECI, nke na-arụ ọrụ n'ọtụtụ ngalaba na Nicaragua ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2017.