His family owned a small tile and brick plant, and his mother took in laundry, which she washed in an area of the river known as the Tabla de la Yedra.At that time (data from 1900), Piedrabuena had a population of 3,810, 75% of whom were illiterate, and had a poor rural economy based on unirrigated cereal crops and animal farming.However, the Electrical Engineering school was closed by student strikes, and Sánchez enrolled in a correspondence course in the subject offered by Joseph Wetzle from London.He worked as assistant to a draughtsman, but then began studies at the Institute of Electrical Engineers, He later took a course at the University of Columbia.He first worked as an engineer at van Houten and ten Broek, a company which introduced electricity to hospitals.
Mónico Sánchez Moreno demonstrating his portable x-ray machine to a doctor
