Félix Enrique Duperey González, a retired worker from the Coffee Processing company Asdrúbal López, in Guantanamo, He obtained at age 69 his university degree in education in the specialty of mathematics, with the recognition of a golden degree.
After a trajectory marked by school stumbling in childhood and academic delays due to health problems, Duperey resumed his studies decades later in labor-champion teaching, where he discovered his passion for mathematics.
For years he reviewed the subject in a self -taught way and offered informal classes to young people from high school and the university, referred to the newspaper we will see.
Already retired, in 2021 he enrolled in a course by meeting at the University of Guantanamo.
Despite the technological limitations and the generational difference with his companions, he concluded the race with high results, which allowed him to teach in the Niceto Pérez municipality.
In statements after his graduation, Duperey highlighted the support of his wife, Olga Gaínza López, and remembered his mother, who always encouraged his studies.
He also said he plans to start a master’s degree and continue linked to teaching in the pre -university Rubén Batista.
“The desire for knowledge and personal improvement is something that no one should give up,” said the new graduate, who says that his interest in mathematics will remain “while the mind is lucid and the motivation intact.”
