¡Hola Hivers!💖
Hi Hivers!💖
My name is Mariela Herrera, I was born in 1998 in Venezuela in the commercial capital of the state of Trujillo, in a city called Valera. It is not really a very big city, however, it is one of the cities with the greatest economic movement in the state. My first years I lived in Sabana de Mendoza, with my grandparents while my mother worked in the east of the country, in Puerto PÃritu. She was not there for long, she quickly returned because the working conditions were not good and were not worth the sacrifice. She returned to Sabana de Mendoza and then looked for opportunities in Maracaibo, when she was stable she took me with her. I stayed until I was 5 years old in Maracaibo and that was when I hired my mother in a project in the city of Punto Fijo, Falcon state, so we moved.
In Punto Fijo was the city where I lived the longest, I studied elementary and high school there, although I'm not sure if it counts as a city because it was not excessively large, it is a place to which I am infinitely grateful and I feel very happy and proud to have grown up there. With a pleasant, cool climate, with beaches within reach and even sand dunes, salt flats, mountains nearby; it really seems to me an enviable place to grow up. I had wonderful friends, each one in their own way, and like everyone else, I also experienced some not so pleasant things. I save and thank my years in Punto Fijo for helping to build my house, the great friends I made, the laughter and tears it gave me that made me the woman I am today. From this beautiful place I leave you a collage with what it has to offer.
When I finished high school I wanted to study medicine, my ideal city was Merida, but unfortunately the troubled times we lived in the country, the divinity and the universe none of this conspired in my favor and it was not an option, I was on a waiting list to study nutrition and dietetics but finally I chose to be more practical and studied psychology at a private university in Maracaibo. I must highlight two things from this story of how I chose my career and university, the first one is that although medicine was something I really wanted I never felt totally identified, maybe it was more of a fashion thing, I feel that all my life regarding what I wanted to be at a professional level I was very versatile and practical; the second thing is that regarding the city although I was practically forced and today I can say that I would not like to go back, I have a lot to thank it for everything it gave me. From that I learned that, even if things are not exactly as you planned, they can turn out even better.
FUENTE
While I was studying in Maracaibo, the land of the beloved sun, my mom went to Colombia and I was practically alone. It was a process of adaptation with many feelings at the same time, my mom in another country, being away from the home where I grew up, plus the adaptation to a city as busy as Maracaibo, everything was a bomb. From Maracaibo, I save and am grateful for the independence it gave me, a group of incredible friends and a wonderful boyfriend.
In 2019, I graduated as a psychologist. At the beginning of that year I lived in Coromoro, Santander and then I moved to Bogota where I currently live. So far I have a lot to thank Bogotá for a better quality of life, the possibility of my first job and a climate that for me is divine, however, Bogotá still owes me my first job as a psychologist to feel that it was worth the journey of apostilling my documents in Venezuela.
Currently I am 23 years old and I can say that I am a strong woman, able to appreciate the moments lived and learn even a little bit of the bad things that happen to me, more because of what they say about avoiding that what you do not learn is repeated. I am a faithful believer that what in this life is done, in this life is paid, that we must respect the space and life of others, that everything happens for a reason. I love to travel, I have had the opportunity to visit countries like Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia, I hope to have the opportunity to know more. I am a lover of food without restrictions and sleep without alarm clocks that interrupt.
For the future, I am not sure what the future holds, but I am sure it will be good things. I would like to move again to a city or country that is already the definitive one and finally settle down without major worries regarding economic and social issues.
Ha sido un placer escribir estas palabras para todos ustedes, espero que sacar el mayor provecho de este espacio para compartir las mejores experiencias. Gracias por llegar hasta aquÃ.
It has been a pleasure to write these words for all of you, I hope to make the most of this space to share the best experiences. Thank you for coming this far.
¡Un abrazo!
Hugs!