In the shoes of... Assumption of the Church

1. What did you have for breakfast?
Fruit, coffee and toast while doing seven things at once.
 

2. Why these shoes?
For me, they have to have a bit of a heel, but they have to be comfortable, because I'm going to wear them for many hours. And as we live in Pamplona, they have to be waterproof and have a good sole. So this is the option.
 

3. You have chosen the hall linking the two libraries as your favourite corner of the University. Why?
For many reasons. It is a place of meeting, where you meet different people. It speaks of the history of the University, the connection between the first building and a newer one. It is also the place where my teacher, José Zafra, asked me if I wanted to do the thesis with him.

4. What is the most rewarding part of your day to day life?
Teaching class. The research is very satisfying, but I really enjoy class, with students who are eager to learn.
 

5. A committee that you usually give to your students
The word is to the jurist what the scalpel is to the surgeon.
 

6. If you weren't a university professor, what would you be?
I can't conceive of life any other way.

7. A book The Buddenbrooks, by Thomas Mann, is one of the last books I have read that has left its mark on me. A film There is a film for every moment. I can't choose one. A song Óleo de una mujer con sombrero, by Silvio Rodríguez.

8. Which modern-day person would you have a coffee with?
The Queen of England. But I don't think she'd like coffee; I think she'd prefer a gin and tonic.
 

9. What inspires you?
Stopping to look at what is around me. The pause, the contemplation.
 

10. A historical figure you would have liked to meet
Edith Stein. I am deeply impressed by her life, how she changed it. Her commitment to submission until her death in Auschwitz.

11. How you would like to change the world
We teachers are idealists, and we like to dream of a perfect world. But what is clear is that the first thing to do is to change one's heart.
 

12. What would you take with you to a desert island
My guitar, books and paper and pencil.
 

13. From these years at the University, what has had the biggest impact on you?
The day of the bombing was very shocking. Because of the event itself, but above all because of the reaction of the people. There was no hysteria, but people who were concerned about other classmates. And the first words I heard were of forgiveness.

14. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
On the stage, with the chalk and with the pupils, who make us teachers new.
 

15. Who are you nominating?
I'm going to send the ball to Science. A teacher from Biochemistry , Alberto Pérez Mediavilla.