Who am I?

 

Hello, my name is Valeria, I was born and grew up in San Francisco de Mostazal (a small town near Rancagua), on October 24th, 2001. I have only one brother, his name is Ivan, he is older than me by 6 years, but the age difference is not notorious, we were always very close and I consider him my best friend, I always turn to him in any situation, because I know he will always be there for me.

I come from a family neither too small nor too big, I live with my mom, my dad, my brother, my grandfather and my dog. I was lucky to have two moms and two dads, since I grew up with my maternal grandparents, whom I love with all my heart and I appreciate everything they have done for me, unfortunately my grandmother passed away in June 2020, I miss her a lot....

I currently live in Santiago (for the university), but I travel every weekend to my small town to see my family, I live in a residence that is called livinnx and has students from all over the world, I live with my friend carolina (she studies dentistry too), with an Italian and a Dutch girl, it is very entertaining, and thank God we get along very well.

I did my primary studies in my small town, in the school "Nuestra Esperanza", where I met my 4 friends, that today I consider my sisters, we have literally grown up together.

In March 2020 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, and I had to change my diet radically, at first it was very difficult because I loved cakes, bread, pizzas and everything that had gluten, but thanks to the support of my family and friends everything has become easier.

I must admit that when I left high school my only option was to study medicine (I didn't want anything else), so I took the PSU and it didn't go as I expected, so I gave myself a year to study and prepare myself better for the year ahead. During that year my interest in dentistry started, I had been watched videos on Youtube of dentists and I liked them a lot. I told my dentist that I was interested in studying dentistry, he gave me a talk, telling me about his experience at the university (he also studied at the University of Chile) and about the career itself, he told me so many wonderful things that I ended up liking the career. So when it was time to select the career I chose dentistry at the University of Chile as an option and ended up staying.

When I'm not studying I like to spend time with the people I love, like my family, my friends and my dog, below, I will leave pictures of them so you can meet them:

A photo with my family at Christmas 2019.     

                     

A photo with my best friends 

A picture of my dog, her name is Bony