Higinio graduated from the Technological Institute of Hermosillo (ITH) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Manufacturing. From 2001 till 2012 he was Head of Production and Engineering for all of northern Mexico for Domecq (part of the Pernod-Ricard group). Since 2011, Morales has been a professor of Mechanical, Civil, and Electric Engineering at the Technological Institute of Hermosillo (ITH). 

 

In 2017 he began consulting to develop production facilities, and formulate taste profiles for some of the leading Bacanora producers in Sonora, including Aguamiel, Sunora Bacanora, and Danzari. Additionally, since 2007 he has produced Bacanora under his own label- Moralitos 45. In 2024 he joined forces with Emmanuel Kemiji and Keith Lauck, and is producing the ESTACA 1627 still strength Bacanora at his small distillery.