Clementa Soria died in December 2021 after being identified months earlier than with pancreatic most cancers The instructor determined to donate all her belongings, simply earlier than she died, for most cancers analysis: 1.9 million euros She was a really “austere” lady and the “solely luxuries” that he allowed himself have been journeys to locations of utmost nature
Only one luxurious was allowed in life: journey. It was his nice ardour. He visited distant locations all through his life. Australia, Namibia, Thailand, Argentina, Zimbabwe… In international locations with excessive nature, he felt pleased. There and in his classroom, with “his youngsters” from him. Clementa Soria, the instructor from Zaragoza that she donated earlier than her dying to combat most cancers, taught for 40 years. First in Catalonia, the place she handed the oppositions. Later, in Aragon, the place her mother and father have been from.
‘Clemen’, as all her associates and college students knew her, was a “discreet and austere” lady. She did not like being the focus, though this week she has been (absolutely, a lot to her chagrin). The generosity that she confirmed her all through her life, sustained her till the tip of her. When she was identified with terminal pancreatic most cancers in 2021, she gathered her associates to clarify what she needed to do. Donate all her belongings to the Spanish Association Against Cancer: 1.9 million euros. The solely situation of her, that this cash be invested within the well being of her autonomous group.
Two years later, her want is about to return true. At the tip of the yr, Aragón may have an Advanced Cellular Therapies Research Unit, a multidisciplinary area aimed toward making use of new most cancers immunotherapy therapies utilizing CAR-T and CAR-NK cells. These therapies include modifying cells of the affected person’s personal immune system by means of genetic engineering in order that they act selectively towards the tumor cell and, subsequently, get rid of the illness. And this shall be due to her.
It was all the time his want, that his cash go to the combat towards most cancers. It was even earlier than the illness took its toll on her. It is inconceivable to discover a unhealthy phrase amongst those that at present communicate of ‘Clemen’. A “discreet”, “beneficiant”, “superb”, “cultivated”, “methodical” individual… Her pal Amparo Seguí and her executor Charo García have chatted with NIUS to attempt to carry us nearer to the determine of the instructor who thought she was easy nevertheless it was really extraordinary.
Question: The information is having a huge effect…
Amparo: Yes, brutal. We are overwhelmed. We are seeing how all of the media are reacting to such stunning information, that at present, sadly, there may be not often a lot of this information, and that’s to be appreciated. It’s having a whole lot of affect, so my pal Clementa must be pleased wherever she is. She may even be very pleased with the place her property goes. That is, with such an attractive goal that she goes to have her cash.
P. Do you suppose she would love such an affect?
Charo: I believe he would not prefer it, truthfully, as a result of he was a really discreet individual. That is the rationale why we aren’t giving even a photograph of him as a result of we have no idea if being the focus can be humorous. She can be glad that her cash went to what she needed. She can be pleased with that half, however not with the repercussion, I believe she wouldn’t be very pleased as a result of she appreciated to go unnoticed. She was a really austere and really discreet lady. She would love it within the sense that she would serve to encourage donations, so that individuals would pay attention to the significance of analysis, of how vital cash is to advance most cancers therapies and cures.
Q. Is it an concept that she had in thoughts or did it come after she acquired most cancers?
Amparo: No, I all the time thought so. The sickness all she did was pace up her choice. I accompanied her to the Cancer Association to search out out what steps she ought to comply with.
Charo: What was clear to me is that this donation to most cancers analysis needed to be in Aragon. That request was delivered to me written on a bit of paper that was underlined and in daring kind just a few months earlier than he handed away.
Amparo: Well, a quite simple individual, very austere, very pleasant along with her associates. Very good individual and an amazing companion, pal. Very attentive, very educated, understanding always what she needed to do, how she needed to do it, very methodical, an attractive individual.
Q. How a few years have you ever identified her?
Amparo: I’ve identified her for about 15 years, which is once we began touring collectively. I met her on a primary journey we took with the María Moliner affiliation. Specifically to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. And from there we established an excellent friendship. We additionally lived close by, so we noticed one another quite a bit. We have traveled quite a bit collectively. He cherished nature journeys, cities too, however much less. We had many related issues. And since we met we’ve been collectively always.
Q. Did you’ve got a associate and youngsters?
Amparo: No. She was not married and has not had youngsters, however she has had many youngsters as a kindergarten instructor. She all the time mentioned it. “I’ve had a whole lot of youngsters.” She was a Kindergarten instructor and he or she lived it quite a bit. She cherished her occupation. For her, greater than a job, it was a passion. She has loved it quite a bit, with the youngsters. She has been very pleased, very pleased.
Q. And how does an Infant instructor handle to treasure such a heritage?
Charo: He inherited it from his household. Most of it got here from an inheritance from her mother and father, as a result of as a instructor she will be able to’t accumulate that form of cash. Although it’s true that she was all the time a really austere and thrifty individual and he or she additionally knew how you can make investments.
Q. And the patrimony, what does it include?
Charo: I by no means requested him the place he got here from, I simply managed the cash he had. I used to be his tax advisor for years. ‘Clemen’ diversified his investments quite a bit. She had cash in monetary belongings of assorted varieties, shares or funding funds, after which she additionally had actual property. Her mother and father have been farmers and had land within the San José de Zaragoza space that, when the actual property growth hit, a building firm paid the value of gold for these lands, which appreciated quite a bit. They paid the household good cash for them and so they additionally gave them flats, a complete of 5 buildings, and put some up for lease, that are nonetheless happening. They are additionally a part of that donation of virtually two million euros. But ‘Clemen’ requested that they not be thrown out of the flats, that they be bought because the lease contracts ended. She was an distinctive individual.
Q. Have you ever thought of having youngsters?
Amparo: No. Not in precept. She by no means raised it to her, she all the time mentioned that with the youngsters at college she had maternal intuition coated in her, additionally since she was an solely little one she all the time targeted on caring for her mother and father.
Q. Has touring been your solely luxurious?
Amparo: Exactly, the one expense he has had in his life, as a result of he has had a really austere life. She has been to many locations. Australia, Singapore, Argentina, Alaska, Namibia, Zimbabwe… She mentioned that her travels introduced her quite a bit, on a cultural and private stage.
Q. And how was that second when she tells you that she has most cancers?
Amparo: Well, horrible, you may think about… It was pancreatic most cancers, we all know how little survival it has. It did not even final six months, however she assimilated it and fought till the final minute. She was preventing always, doing precisely what the medical doctors instructed her. She fulfilled it to the letter. Everything, all the pieces. She didn’t fade at any time. On the opposite, it was a transfer ahead with huge fortitude. She instructed me and I used to be struggling greater than her. And the remainder of my associates too. We all commented on the integrity, energy and can that she had. Later, they operated on her in October. It was a sophisticated intervention and in December she handed away. She had it very assimilated. She gave us energy to the group of associates. She was a fighter.
Charo: I simply needed to say one thing else. That she can be pleased that the cash that she labored so arduous to earn after which save, would keep for what she needed: the investigation in Aragón. And that many individuals can profit sooner or later from these therapies that are actually going to save lots of many lives.
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