A teacher and pedagogue who advocated special education and the methodologies of Maria Montessori. Her contributions helped to found the School of Expression and Psychomotricity in 1974. Her career in the field of special education began during the post-war period, when she met Dr. Jeroni de Moragas, a leading figure in Catalan education and psychology who ran his own centre, where he continued the Decroly and Montessori methods that had been introduced during the Second Republic. In 1959 she sat the Barcelona City Council competitive examinations and won a place as a teacher at Vil·la Joana School, where she continued to work in the field of special education. At the same time, she trained in the field by travelling around Europe, eventually becoming an expert in expression and educating people. She won the Antoni Balmanya Award for her work L'expressió, mitjà de desenvolupament’ (Expression, a means of development). In 1991 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi (St George’ s Cross from the Government of Catalonia. The Les Planes stop is near Vil·la Joana School.

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Barcelona 1915 – 2001 ID 7876

A teacher and pedagogue, she advocated special education and the methodologies of Maria Montessori. Thanks to her contributions, the Escola d’Expressió i Psicomotricitat was founded in 1974.