Manuel Ángel Calviño Valdés-Fauly

Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Doctor of Psychological Sciences. Master's degree in Marketing, Business Management and Communication. He has published twenty books and one hundred articles, in Cuba and other countries, concerning psychology and multiple human aspects.

Member of the Methodological Commission of the Faculty of Psychology; of the Career Commission; of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Psychology; of the Central Commission of University Extension; of the Steering Committee of the Cuban Association of Social Communicators; of the International Editorial Committee of Alternative Journals in Psychology; of the Editorial Committee of the Journal Psychology in Latin America. Member of Merit of AIPET.
Professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Havana. Professor of the Master's programs in Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology and Sexual Education; Professor of the Cuba Division of Sol Meliá.

He has collaborated as a professor at various university institutions abroad, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, Brazil, Panama, Italy, Spain, United States, Moscow and Venezuela. He has held several responsibilities as Subdirector and Head of Department.

He writes and hosts the television series "Doing and Thinking Psychology" in which prominent scientists and psychology professionals from Cuba participate. Also on Cuban Television, for the past 27 years he has hosted his best-known program "Worth It" which enjoys wide popularity and acceptance. A communicator par excellence, Professor Calviño is a well-known lecturer who makes Psychology a powerful instrument for human improvement.

He was born in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, continues to live in Cayo Hueso, although he now lives in El Vedado, but his lifestyle was marked by Cayo Hueso, the concept of the neighborhood, of the people, of arriving at 3 in the morning, of open doors, and everyone there. His childhood took place in Cayo Hueso, a childhood full of games, of disagreements with his parents. His father was always a man with very advanced thinking, he was a doctor, a cardiologist. His mother, as was customary at the time, was very dedicated to exalting the father and his children.

He was a terrible pre-university student. He did not attend classes, did not study, showed no interest. It was the time when music occupied the first place in his interests. He repeated the last year of pre-university and took extraordinary exams.

Already at university studying Psychology, he was part of Moncada which was born in '72. Alberto Faya and a physics student, Mario Ayoub and I, sang…, like we all started, singing the songs of Silvio, of Pablo, we acted as troubadours. And then, at some point University Television appeared, and a program appeared, among the many that appeared on University TV, called Always on Sunday, which was directed by Jorge Gómez.

Publications
He has published various books and dozens of articles, in Cuba and other countries, concerning psychology and multiple human aspects, among them: Working in and with Groups. Psychological Guidance. Model of Multiple Alternatives. Psychology and Marxism. Acts of Communication. Between Commitment and Hope. Doing Psychology in its Labyrinths. Psychology and Communication. And the Dinosaurs Took Flight. Worth It. Writings with Psychology. Changing the Mentality... Starting with the Chiefs.

Collective works, such as: Che in Latin American Psychology. Training in Psychology. Reflections and Proposals from Latin America. Discovering Psychology. Psychology and Personality. Motivation and Emotions. Dynamic Analysis of Behavior.

Awards and Recognition
"Rafael María de Mendive" Distinction
"José Tey" Medal
"For Cuban Education" Distinction
Distinction for National Culture
"Builders of the Future" Medal
Research Prize in Social Sciences
Member of Honor of APC
Mention as Most Outstanding University Professor in University Extension
"Excellence in Communication" Medal, from the Superior Council of Communication and Public Relations of Spain
Mention as Most Outstanding Professor in Scientific Research Work at the University of Havana
Distinguished Visitor. Municipality of Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico