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In a career spanning over 35 years, Jesús has worked as an academic librarian at five Mexican universities, served on the Governing Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and was President of the Mexican Library Association (AMBAC). Today, he works as a professor at the Universidad Veracruzana, a public university in the state of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico where he teaches classes at undergraduate and doctoral levels. While not a Wikipedian himself, Jesús actively uses Wikipedia in the classroom as part of an open access course that he has created and shared with universities across South America.

Group photo of participants of a Wikipedia workshop at the Universidad Veracruzana in 2013. Photo by Alberto Ramírez Martinell, freely licensed under the CC BY-SA 3.0.

Group photo of members of the Wikipedia Education Program at Universidad Veracruzana in 2015. Photo by Iván Martínez, freely licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International.

"The subject I teach is called ‘information competencies for learning’," he explains. "It combines a bit of research methodology and writing, and focuses on developing information skills. I try to teach students to use scientific, academic materials—encyclopedias or scientific journals—but I also have exercises on how to use, filter and evaluate mass media as well as Wikipedia exercises," Jesús describes.