Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1963, a kpọrọ Villanueva ka ọ banye n'Òtù Ndị Agha United States, ma nọrọ afọ abụọ n'Òtù Ndị Agha United States
Panama Canal Zone, ebe ọ mikpuru onwe ya n'akwụkwọ ndị Spanish, na-agụ Rubén Darío na José Martí. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Texas State, na G.I. Bill, site na Mahadum State nke New York na Buffalo na MA na 1971, na Mahadum Boston na dọkịta na Spanish na 1981. Ọ kụziri na Wellesley College, ma nwee ọbịbịa na Mahadum Texas-Austin, College of William and Mary, na Bowdoin College. Ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na 2015, Villanueva jere ozi dị ka onye nkụzi ukwu na Spanish, Ngalaba Ọmụmụ Romance na College of Arts and Sciences na Mahadum Boston.