Profile of the month
Carmen Cabra: Ordered chaos
Carmen Cabra was born in Valencia. She has just turned 60, and her other ‘daughter’, Fruit Today, has reached 100 issues. Thus, the team has been compelled this once to move over to the other side of the Profile of the Month.
The man who came from the east
Ginés García (Torre Pacheco, Murcia, 1961) speaks Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbo-croatian, some Russian and obviously, English. He returned from the east two years ago, from Eastern Europe, and now it could be said that he lives in Murcia because he now stays overnight in the city more than two days running.
A true rugby player
Joaquín Fernández Peláez was born in Valladolid 44 years ago, but his roots come from Burgos and, if you go further back, his ancestors were from Asturias. Physically, he is strongly built, weighing 114 kilos, which rose to 145 at one point. He has known how to take advantage of his body build by playing rugby.
Mª Fernanda Campa, the perfect hostess
Born in San Xuan d’Amandi, in the municipal district of Villaviciosa, she is an Asturian, born and bred. In fact, when she receives me in her land, even her accent changed and our conversation was full of nouns and verbs that I didn’t understand and that needed to be explained.
A bird’s eye view of La Axarquía
Sigfrido had proposed flying up to the heavens in a gyroplane, a machine that he became infatuated with in full pandemic and which, now, in addition to being a hobby, has become his means of transport because it allows him to save a great deal of time when moving from place to place.
The curious technologist
Miguel Ángel Gómez (Badajoz, 1971) is a trained chemist and has great curiosity about all fields related to technology. He has assembled and disassembled his Tesla more than five times and has personally installed the solar panels and batteries for his house.
Silvia de Juanes, steely determination
Silvia de Juanes is 42 years old and she is the mother of two girls, Isabel and Carlota. She meets me at Atocha station with Germanic punctuality. From there we go to her house, in the ‘last street of Madrid’, very close to the German School, which her daughters attend.
Jesús Barranco. The daring cook
From Almeria, 40-year-old Jesús Barranco is an architect turned businessman. His profile on LinkedIn is an intensive list of masters and postgraduate degrees: from ESADE,
Cecilio Peregrín, Primaflor
A chip off the old block. Cecilio Peregrín (Águilas, 1961) is the fifth of nine children and he is named after his father. In the
Joaquín Hidalgo, the friendly conversationalist
Joaquín is a friendly man, a good conversationalist and, as he himself says, with a calm demeaner, but very highly-strung on the inside.
Antonio Agudo; The melon wanderer
At the age of 60, he has spent half of his life as a melon wanderer. His parents and 700 of the 1,000 families who lived in the town, used to migrate for 6 months of the year.
Félix García, The tenacious entrepreneur
Félix García (Barcelona, 1974) is a man with slightly unusual ideas. He studied Economics, but he taught himself to be a biotechnologist, by reading and
The horse whisperer
Vicente Puchol (50 years old, Foios, Valencia) finds it very difficult to smile; however, he is an eloquent, enlightening man, a volcano of words.
