What Maria Ramon was like according to her friend Maria Romero: “She’s been a Barça fan since she was born.”

PalmIt is possible to wear black Doctor Marten boots at six years old and read the Super Pop at fourteen; pushing in front of the television watching the splendid actors of Passion of the Hawks and have a closet full of those black and colorful striped t-shirts; be a fan of the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys and enjoy the summer recreational camps in your town. It's possible. And if you don't believe it, just ask Maria Ramon, a member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and Secretary of Organization for MÉS for Mallorca.

Esporlerina, born in 1987. One of the things that has marked Maria Ramon's life story is the fact that she comes from a town with a very lively and deep-rooted social, cultural, and sporting life. Another María, surnamed Romero, who is a close friend of the politician, has no doubt about this: "Since we were little, we were immersed in the life of the town: playing sports, learning music, and being an active part of the youth network." And she adds that it was in sports, and not so much in music, that Maria Ramon has excelled throughout her life.

In fact, Romero says, Maria Ramon loved football, and still does now: "I think she's been a Barça fan since she was born. She shared this passion with her father, Pep. They never missed a Barça game, and now, whenever they can, they go watch the Balearic Islands together." Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to create a women's football team in Esporles, so Ramon signed up for basketball, a sport she played for years. "She was team captain!" Romero recalls. And it wasn't until last year that she managed to get over the urge to play football: "She signed up for the Sant Joan team and has continued. It was her dream," her friend notes.

They didn't coincide in sports, because Romero played volleyball, but they did go to music theory together for a couple of years. "Our dream was to be part of a music group: we wanted to play drums and guitar. It wasn't long before we realized that Maria wasn't particularly good at musical talent," Romero laughs. Even so, she maintains that she has an exquisite ear and that she really enjoys going to concerts: "It's a great understanding of music, another hobby she shares with her father."

Since there was no secondary school in Esporles, the town's youth had to continue their education in Palma. Maria went to Josep Maria Llompart school, but Romero remembers that "every afternoon and weekend we spent time together: we read the Super Pop, we looked Passion of the Hawks and we would go to the recreation area," she says. With a certain tenderness, she recalls those typical black and colorful striped t-shirts, which they practically collected, and the also colorful turbans that they used to wear as accessories. In their adolescence, around the age of 16, they worked at the Granja d'Esp, taking photos with the foreigners. It was the first job and the first money we had."

Regarding her political attitude, Maria Romero comments that, as a child, Maria Ramon was very shy, "and although she has worked harder now because that is what politics, her job, has imposed on her, she is still very shy, but she hides it better." She stood out, however, for being "organized, disciplined, and punctual": "María has always been a person of order," says Romero, who also asserts that María is a politician because she was always involved in oil mills: "At 16, she began to be an activist, and the path practically took shape on its own. It all began with her being a person committed to the language and her people. And that's still the case today," claims Maria.