Hector Hugo Maza was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 26, 1943. He graduated High School with a Bachelor Majoring in Physics and Mathematical Sciences and then spent some years studying architecture, psychology and mathematics to finally graduate from the Technological University of Buenos Aires with a Systems Analyst’s degree. Hector emigrated to Australia in 1985 with his wife and two children and currently lives in Melbourne, where he worked and retired by 2004. He undertook training in public speaking at the Ringwood branch of Toastmasters International where he took on the role of treasurer and later became President. Hector also took drawing and painting classes and joined the Ferntree Gully Art Society. He taught English at the Outer Easter Education Centre and later joined the Knox University of the Third Age to practice his Italian. There he took charge of the chess group and currently teaches Spanish.