José Bustamante Vismara is a CONICET associate researcher and professor at the History Department of the National University of Mar del Plata. He holds a PhD in History from El Colegio de México and a Master’s Degree from Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Among his books, the following stands out: Escuelas en tiempos de cambio: política, maestros y finanzas en el valle de Toluca durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Together with Alberto Martínez Boom, he compiled Escuela pública y maestro en América Latina. In his research, he is devoted to the study of topics related to the history of Argentine and Spanish-American education.