TThe number 27 of Sarmiento welcomes, in its monographic part, a wide representation of the scientific, academic and professional work of Social Education in the Ibero-American space. His texts, inhabited by the diversity inherent in the educational and social realities in which their authors and authors are framed, are encouraged by a common desire-a common ethos-to bear witness to a past-present in which social education, Implicitly or explicitly, it has demonstrated its firm commitment to the search for a more just, equitable and convivial society. It is reflected in the stories told in the following pages, affirming and claiming the important work of the university community and professional collectives, as well as their necessary empowerment as educators or social pedagogues.