Dr. Jorge Asjana David, the rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), continues to teach Surgery Semiology and Head and Neck Anatomy despite his administrative duties. ^[1] Julio César Castaños Espaillat served as the first rector of the Universidad de Santo Domingo elected by direct vote in 1966. ^[2] Julio César Castaños Espaillat was born on September 4, 1925, in Moca, Dominican Republic. ^[3] Dr. Asjana David has been a faculty member since late 1979, starting as a monitor and accumulating decades of experience in the classroom. ^[4] The article argues that Dr. Asjana David's continued teaching challenges the social perception that administrative roles are incompatible with active teaching. ^[5] The Universidad de Santo Domingo achieved autonomy on December 31, 1961. ^[6] The author states that the vocation of being a professor has no expiration date and is a lifelong labor. ^[7]