Héctor Huerga is a philologist, activist, and novelist, as well as social networks
facilitator and Community Manager of @15MBcn_int. Huerga began the
International Commission of the 15M, or Indignados movement, in Barcelona, with
a focus on social participation and critical-mass development. Huerga has spent
recent years training in internal organization tools and external communication
strategies, and has collaborated with Data Analysis 15M, Outliers, and Krytyka
Polityczna. He has lectured and given workshops on social networks to
organizations, universities, and collectives in Spain, Italy, Germany, Algeria,
Austria, and Poland. Huerga participates directly in the strategies of NGOs and
social movements and has co-organized on and offline campaigns across Spain,
Greece, Germany, Italy and Turkey about (among others) gender, HHRR, migration,
art, housing, culture, and the environment. Huerga studied Spanish Philology at
the University of La Laguna (ULL), La Laguna, and holds a Master’s degree in
Contemporary Latin American Literature, from CONACULTA, Mexico City. Huegra
lives and works in Barcelona. [Last updated 2015]