Oskar Zapata Solano was born in Iruñea/Pamplona on the 26th of January, 1963. He now lives in Atarrabia (Navarre). His involvement with the Basque language commenced in 1984 when he signed up for Basque classes at the Arturo Kanpion euskaltegi (Basque language school) in Iruñea, and after studying at several euskaltegis he obtained the EGA (Basque language proficiency) certificate in 1999.

Basque language involvement:

• In 1998 he became one of the founders of the Karrikaluze Basque language association in Atarrabia.
• Since then he has belonged to the board of directors of Karrikaluze and is a member of its "think-tank" committee.
• In April, 2004 he began work for Topagunea, the federation of Basque language associations.

Present:

• Head of the mintzapraktika department of Topagunea
• Member of the Karrikaluze Basque language association

Publications:

• "Nafarroako Euskara Elkarteak" [Basque language associations of Navarre], published in the sociolinguistic journal Bat, issue 58 (March 2006)
• "Izan zaitez mintzakide!" [Be a mintzakide!] in Erabili.com (9th of October, 2006)