Dreamer and believer. Born in the second half of the 20th Century in San José, Costa Rica. Living in Bilbao, Basque Country, since I was 9.

BA and MBA at Universidad de Deusto.

At Universidad de Deusto: Lecturer and Researcher on Acoustic Phonetics (1984-1994). Staff Member of the International Relations Office (1989-1999). Executive Manager of the UNESCO Chair on Human Resources for Latin America (1994-2002). Coordinator of the International Relations Office (Acting Deputy Head) (1999-2000). Head of International Relations (2000-2012). International Placements & Internships Manager, European Voluntary Service Link at Deusto Alumni, (2012- ). Managing editor of the digital Magazine Alumni Time (2019-).

Since 2012, Lecturer at Uiversidad de Deusto, Deusto Alumni, programme Global Training: Modules Dealing with International Internships and Cross-cultural Management and Negotiation.

2007 - 2017, Lecturer at Universidad de Deusto in the MALLL – ERASMUS MUNDUS Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning.

Since 1995, European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) (Promoter till July 1997. Since then, Counsellor) and Diploma Supplement (DS) Counsellor (since July 2002). Spanish Bologna Experts Team member (2010 -11/2012). European Commission Independent Expert.

Since 2014, Collaborator at Radio Popular - Herri Irratia, in Bilbao.

Since 2018, Co-author at the EiTB Emotional Intelligence Blog (closed 07/01/2024).

From 2019 until 2024, Co-author at Ciutat Nova magazine.

Since 2021 until 2024, Co-author at Ciudad Nueva magazine.

Since 2024, Co-author at LAR magazine. The new LAR magazine results from the confluence of the magazines Ciudad Nueva and Ciutat Nova (https://revistalar.com).

Good speaker and communicator.

(Picture: courtesy of Andoni Liquete https://www.andoniphoto.com)