Bernard-Jo Urlacher taught construction and technology in a vocational high school and then economics and social sciences. From 2010 to 2017, he was a teacher of economics and social sciences at the Bamana high school in Mamoudzou, Mayotte.He holds a doctorate in sociology (EHESS), Paris, a degree in religious sciences (EPHE) and a degree in economics and management sciences and construction.He writes sociological works, poems and personal diaries related to his studies.