Born in Òdena in 1990, Josep Vicenç Mestre holds a doctorate cum laude and has received an award for the best doctoral thesis in Catalan from the Pompeu Fabra University for his study on the analysis of the speeches of the presidents of Catalonia between 1914 and 1933. This thesis gave rise to the book President's remarks. Nation and State in the speeches of Prat de la Riba, Puig i Cadafalch, and Macià (Editorial Asuntos, 2024). He is an associate professor at UPF and a former advisor to the Junts government and to the Parliamentary Speaker Laura Borràs.