Abstract
Professor Paulo Bretones has asked me to write an article, reflecting on the first ten years of RELEA (Latin-American Journal of Astronomy Education), and I am pleased and honoured to do so. For over 30 years, I was active in the International Astronomical Union's Commission 46 (Education and Development), and I served as President in 1994-1997. I was also active in many other international science and education organizations, and enjoyed traveling to meet my “kindred spirits” in other countries. Professor Bretones was one of them.
