Just remember to turn on the light

Stereotypes and gender roles are discussion topics at the national level, and more than talking about what each one is about, I want to tell you a personal experience. I think I told them in a publication that I practiced basketball, there came a time when I was called to tests in the national team, but to go to them I had to miss classes, so together with my mom we went to ask for permission to the direction of my school, to avoid future problems, and his response was unusual:  "we can not give permission to go, only men have permission, women are not trained to practice sports professionally, if you want to do it you don´t have our support".   At that time I realized the large number of stereotypes that exist, clearly presented myself equally for the tests, no matter what they told me. How can we ask for a more just, egalitarian and equitable society, if from education we are not capable of demolishing stereotypes? That is why the latest mobilizations seem...

As I said in previous publications, I am a Catholic, and what I am going to talk about has a small relationship with that. In the image, we are my brothers (only the man is my blood brother, the girls are my best friends, but they are more than that, they are the sisters I choose) and me. The photo was taken for the pilgrimage of the Andes in 2017, the fourth for me, but the first for my brothers, that is the importance it has. In mid-August, I suggested that they accompany me on these 27 kilometers of walking, a tradition for me, that I wanted them to live, so that they would understand my love for her. By the way, they are Catholics, but the idea of ​​traveling those kilometers, under the sun, for a whole day, was not very pleasant for them. After much insistence I convinced them! Natalia, who is the youngest, was terrified, hates walking, and did not think she was capable, and that is why the image is so important to me. It may sound strange, but on that walk, we all learne...

Abortion is a very complex issue for me, on the one hand, I have my religious ideas in which I defend life from conception to natural death, and on the other hand, I believe in he freedoms of people, and the importance of power deciding on our body. Since the hard discussion of the abortion law began in Chile, I have researched the subject, in order to have a defined position, and although I am catholic and defend life, I support abortion in 3 causal, controversial, I know, probably if it  were up to me, make the decision to perform an abortion or not, I would NOT do it, because I personally could not bear that burden. Regardless of the above, I believe fervently that you can not force someone to follow ideals in which you do not believe, no one can force a woman to have a child she does not want, because the rest do not consider it right, we are owners of our decisions and as such we have the right to choose. Although I don't like free abortion in its entirety, I prefer it...

I do not consider myself a technological person, in fact, there are times when I feel that I belong to another era, I appreciate the books on paper, the idea of ​​having to search between miles of shelves to find what I need, or having to reveal my photos . But technology has undoubtedly simplified life for us. If I had to choose my favorite technological object, I would choose the digital camera. There is nothing more interesting than being able to portray the most important moments of your life, or everyday things that you would like to capture. Since I was a little girl I became familiar with the cameras, I remember that I had to control the photos I took, because the rolls only allows a limited amount of images. When I started receiving my money, my first investment was a digital camera, and since then I have not stopped, I have my own collection of cameras. The forms of use are varied, from just pressing a button to take the photo, to regulate all the values to...

As I had told you before in my previous post, since I was little girl I really like nature, medicine, biology and handicrafts. And I totally hated mathematics, but against all odds I wanted to be an astronaut. Then I started to really think about what I wanted to do with my life, I thought about entering the PDI, especially homicide departmend, but I hate problems with my back which completely excluded me from the institution. The two previous years to enter the university, were a constant search on what to do in the future, but I completely love the career of dentistry, because it concerned medicine, contact with people and manual skills.  At the time of presenting the application, only I wanted dentistry. At this moment I am in the second year of the career in the University of Chile, and I hope that In the future study the Postgraduate in Dental Care of Patients that requires Special Attention. I am happy with what I study, it has been the best decision that I ha...

My name is Yasna Andrea González Quiroz. I was born in Santiago, Chile, in the “hospital del profesor” on August 27th, 1997. I grew up in the city of Melipilla, specifically in a town called Codigua. Thanks to that, I developed a great love for nature. In my opinion, living in the countryside surrounded by trees, and not buildings is the  best way to grow up. My grandparents brought me up, therefore, I am the pampered in the house. My family is consits of my grandmother Bernarda, my father Manuel  who is a mechanic,  my mother Veronica, who works with my father and the most important member…my brother Adrián, mechanical engineering student. He is my best friend. He is my crazy partner and my everything. Since I was little girl, I really liked biology, medicine and handicrafts. That made me choose dentistry.    Right now  I am a student of dentistry at the University of Chile . Not everything is studying in my life, I  spend my fr...