Julio Rivera is an educationalist and a poet. As an educationalist he is a leading advisor to the Spanish Education System and the author of many projects with the Ministry of Education as well as books on Tutoring such as "El Niño Tímido" [The Shy Child] and "A Tales Padres, tales Hijos" [Like Parents, like children]. He has given numerous courses on Teaching Methods to middle years teaching personnel across the whole of Spain. In his guise of poet, he's published 12 books of poems and has been a finalist for the Fray Luis de León and Hermanos Argensolas Prizes, amongst others.