By Myriam Perez | Project Leader
How brave of me By: Mama Bear (Quito)
“How brave of me, wanting to study theater when I could be a doctor. How brave of me, leaving my house at sixteen, for being a rebel under mom's orders. How brave of me to leave my country, under my conditions, without the support of my mother. How brave of me to endure being away from my country and my family.
How brave of me to give birth to my first daughter, without the company of my mother, just because the father of my daughter did not want it. How brave of me to stop smiling at my former in-laws, and telling them to their faces how wrong they were about the education their children provided.
How brave of me to go to work in Quito eleven days after arriving in the country, because I wanted to have my economic independence. How brave of me to get pregnant, and that this did not prevent me from studying cosmetology on the weekends. How brave of me to open a dance academy in a town with such little cultural and artistic attraction, without the support of my husband at the time.
How brave of me to study dentistry when I didn't even have a foundation in chemistry because I had a bachelor's degree in arts. How brave of me to sustain, advance and complete my career, despite the difficulties and obstacles from my professor of surgery at the university, currently my ex-husband, in addition to the economic circumstances and the little time I had for my children.
How brave of me to divorce an alcoholic man who abused me.
How brave of me not to give in to threats by the father of my children to take custody of me.
How brave of me to set up an importing company, having limited economic resources, limited knowledge in the area and, even so, showing that it would have great success in the market. How brave of me to discover and report a sexual abuser. How brave of me to be brave.”
By Myriam Perez Gallo | Project Leader
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