Dr. Sarraga was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where he spent a lot of his life. Dr. Sarraga decided at a very early age to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and pursue a career in the art of medicine and surgery. Even before entering medical school, Dr. Sarraga was fascinated by surgery; he spent all his summers volunteering in the operating room at the Cardiovascular Center in Puerto Rico. After completing his undergraduate studies in Chicago, he attended medical school at the University of Puerto Rico, where he obtained many awards including membership in the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and being in the top 10 percent of his class.

Dr. Sarraga after that completed a complete general surgery residency at the Universty of Puerto Rico, where he was identified as intern of the year during his internship year. While training at the oncologic hospital, he was first subjected to breast reconstruction. Soon after he decided that plastic surgery was his calling. Dr. Sarraga really felt that restoring a woman's sense of self after she had actually undergone a mastectomy operation by reconstructing her breasts was a vitally important part of her ultimate complete "cure" and recovery process. During his last year, he was selected amongst his peers as Administrative Chief Resident and quickly afterwards became Board Certified in General Surgery.

Dr. Sarraga then went North to finish his plastic surgery residency at the prestigious University of Massachusetts in New England. During his last year of training, he was again acknowledged as Administrative Chief Resident among his peers. During his plastic surgery residency, Dr. Sarraga trained with the top aesthetic plastic surgeons in Boston learning one of the most as much as date techniques in Facial plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, body contouring and fat grafting.