El maestro José Ignacio Miranda Valdez

He was born on July 31, 1893 in the city of Puno. His

primary and secondary studies were carried out at the
Colegio Seminario de San Ambrosio in his hometown.

Those who ran that entity witnessed the development of

his personality and his vocation for the educational field,
therefore, in 1914 they gave him the opportunity to
practice teaching as a primary assistant teacher, a position
he carried out with great responsibility and solvency.

Due to his efficient performance as a teacher and the

prestige achieved in a short time, the teacher José Ignacio
Miranda, affectionately called "Cututo Miranda", was a
very enthusiastic and energetic apostle with his students,
he was severe in his punishments, upright and strict in the
discipline , worthy example of the teacher of those times
in which the letter enters with blood .

Despite lacking a Pedagogical Title, he was an educated and well informed man. Due to his
multifaceted culture, several regional press media came to him, for this reason his journalistic
articles are found in various press organs, becoming part of the founding team of the
newspaper "El Progreso" in 1939.