Who am I?

Hello everyone!

My name is Catalina Contreras Rodríguez, I was born on January 29, 2001, in the city of Santiago. All my life I have lived in the same commune (Quinta normal) and more than 1 year ago I moved to live in an apartment, at first I lived alone and a couple of months ago my parents and my tolo dog had to come and live next to me, before we all lived in my maternal grandmother's house, I actually lived most of my life in that house.

Almost all my childhood I lived with the family on my mother's side, and I always played with my cousins (men), we were very close, but in spite of that, I was always a very shy and embarrassed child with few friends. As I grew up I was able to have more personality and changed for the better, although I have always kept being a little shy and more "conservative" about some things.

Most of my childhood was good, normal, but in basic education exactly in eighth grade, I had a very bad time because a group of classmates bothered me a lot and because of that I had to change schools, it was difficult to adapt to a new school, with new people, just in third grade I made real friends and left high school with them, I was always very studious and I was passionate about reading a lot, whatever I read, and there was a time when I played a lot of basketball.

 After that, I was very excited to enter university, first I wanted to study law at the University of Chile but I ended up studying public administration which also attracted a lot of attention and I felt that I could like it very much and I can say that I now feel that it is my vocation and that it was good to have chosen this career. When I arrived at the little school, I was too happy and nervous at the same time, but I met very nice people and it has gone well (with a lot of effort) but I feel that it is what I like most, besides that I have a great time with my friends, especially at parties (haha).

I think that entering the university has been the nicest thing that has happened to me, because I have also known more, society, the state, politics, etc. In my previous school we were never made part of what was happening, of the inequality, protests, etc. But in general I am happy to study this career.