"If you want to change the world, start with yourself."
About me
I define myself as an optimistic, persevering and hard-working person. My mission is to create innovative solutions to the educational challenges I encounter on a daily basis working with children, young people and adults.
Throughout my career I have created the La Granja© Methoda pioneering model based on applied emotional education, proven to des del 2004 amb més de 40.000 alumnes anuals between the ages of 3 and 14 who pass through La Granja, in Santa Maria de Palautordera. This method is not only a formula for educating, but also a rigorous system for training numerous Emotional Educators© in just four months, guaranteeing that they can apply it effectively and obtain results. provats científicament.
I consider myself first and foremost an Emotional Educator, and then everything else: director of La Granja, trainer, media communicator and writer of educational books and stories such as "Créixer amb Valentia" (Grijalbo and Rosa dels Vents). I write with the intention of sharing what I know and what works for me with children and adults to modify attitudes and behaviors.
I am also...
The person in charge of the Emotional Management Program for children with Neurofibromatosis (NF1) at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.
Co-author of the study ’Innovación de educación emocional en el ocio educativo: el Método La Granja" published in Revista de Investigación Educativa, 38(2), 495-513.
Ambassador of the Princess of Girona Foundation
Member of the Emotional Education project of the Masia 360 of FC Barcelona.
Board member of RIEEB (International Network for Emotional Education and Well-Being)
Guest lecturer in the Master of Leadership at the University of Girona (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) and trainer through the SOC at the Complutense University of Madrid (2019-2020).
Advisor to the Department of Education of the Government of Andorra on the new Preschool Education Law (2018-2019).
Col·laboradora de la Barcelona University en la part pràctica i vivencial del Postgrau d’Educació Emocional (2013, 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020), i a través de La Granja, de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (educació i infermeria).
Editora de la publicació Va d’Educació des de l’any 2004.
Consultant and editor member of the "Program of Transversal Competences of First Teaching of the Andorran School" (Ministry of Education and Higher Education).
Creator and organizer in addition to the cycle of conferences EMOTOUR (since 2017) with a strong media impact, and collaboration with the La Caixa Foundation (2020).
What do I offer?
I have participated as a speaker in the following congresses.
"Unesco 2022", "World Conference on Higher Education". Barcelona.
Participation with the poster "Emotional and Social Skills Training in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1" at the 2020 International Neurofibromatosis Medical Congress, in collaboration with Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona and La Granja Ability Training Center.
"CINAIC, V International Congress on Learning, Innovation and Cooperation". Presenting the paper "An experience of emotional education in the urban summer camp of La Granja Escuela: an innovation in the field of educational leisure." (Madrid, 2019). You can watch the VIDEO of the PRESENTATION HERE.
“AIDIPE 2019, XIX International Congress of Educational Research”. Workshop presentation “Educating Emotions from the Classroom to Transform the World” (Madrid, 2019).
2019 Annual Neurofibromatosis Congress, presenting the results of the studies from the project carried out in collaboration with the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu of Barcelona. Conference: “How to Develop Emotional Competencies in Children and Adolescents Affected by NF1?” (results from BRIEF, CDE, and ADHD).
"XV Emotional Education Conference 2019." Training the Educator in Emotional Education. University of Barcelona/ICE. Workshop: "Training in Emotional Educator Stages. The La Granja Experience."
"XIV Emotional Education Conferences, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. University of Barcelona/ICE." Presentation: "An Emotional Education Experience at the La Granja Summer Camp: An Innovation in the Field of Educational Leisure." And the Workshop: "Emotional Education: From Educational Leisure to the Classroom." (Barcelona 2018). III, IV, V, and VI Henry Dunant Congress. Caixa Fórum.