Own Your Path

"My entire education was very intellectual, and my family is also very intellectual. You always had to study a university degree. Here in Argentina, to be a teacher, you don't have to go through a university degree, since it is a lower-level profession and it is not as socially recognized. I started to study for a university degree because it was what I felt I had to do. I did it for about four years, and it was very difficult because at that time I felt that I did not like the degree I was getting. At the time, I was also a nanny, and while I was studying at university, all I wanted to do was go back to taking care of the children. Finally, at one point, I said, well, this is my thing, this is what I want to do, and I left the other degree and started studying to be a teacher. But it was a moment of decision. All my family members are teachers, but university professors. They don't work with children, and working with children in Argentina is not as well regarded as working in university."