Albert was born in Barcelona, Spain, but moved to the UAE when he was 6 years old. He learnt to dive when he was 13, and during high school volunteered at Azraq, a marine conservation NGO. Albert completed his Bachelor’s at the University of Plymouth, where he earned his commercial diving qualification and a wide range of field and lab work experiences. At Plymouth, Albert's research focused on monitoring and quantifying fish communities across habitat types, with a particular focus on commercially important species.