Early life and education
Pons Grau earned a degree (licenciatura) in Philosophy and Letters, specializing in History, from the University of Valencia, and worked as a secondary-school teacher. According to an encyclopedic biography, he began teaching at the Salesianos school in Valencia in 1974 and, during his student years, participated in the founding of the Democratic Students' Union at the University of Valencia. ==Political and cultural activity==
Political and cultural activity
He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) during the 1970s, at a time when it operated clandestinely under the Franco dictatorship. ==References==