FIRST ESSAY: INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

WHO AM I?

I am a 20 years old young girl who was born in March 15th in Queretaro City. I am the oldest sister of two brothers named Carlos and Jaime in a middle-class family. Actually I am studying the third semester of the B.A. in English Learning Teaching at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Long time ago I used to dream of becoming a famous mexican theater actress, but two years ago something made change my plans.

In that trip, I was expecting to improve my English, but I think that I did more than that. I knew what does communication mean because my mother tongue wasn`t useful when talking with no Spanish speakers, I could visit far places inside my foreing friends` hearts, I understood the beautiful mistery of being different from others and I felt in love with the idea of man kind. This is the most amazing experience I ever had, and definitively it changed my life, consequently my life plans.

Right now I am studying my B.A. here in my hometown, but I am just waiting three more years to finish it and after that, travel to Seville, Spain and study a master. The master is on International Comunication, Translation and Interpretation. I know that my major is not related to this field, but I am really interested in becoming an international interpreter. When I was in CESL and in touch with the different cultures and languages, I started to be attracted by the idea of being able to talk or comunicate with any of the habitants of the world, regardless the language, culture, age, gender or religion. I chose studying the master in Spain, because my boyfriend wants to study there too. He is a lawyer and he is going to take a master in Human Rights in the same University and at the same time as I will.

If God wills and everything is according to my plans, in five or six years more, I will be getting married with my actual boyfriend, Roberto. We want a intimate wedding. Being honest, this is a situation that causes me a little bit of conflict, is a matter of religions. He is Catholic and I am Chistian. We have been talking about this and right now we have been unable to reach an agreement concerning to how the ceremony will be, but we are sure that we want to be together. We have also discussed about where we want to live once we get married, and our desired is to live in Europe. Each of us dream with working for an international institution, for example, I want to be an interpreter in the United Nations and he wants to be the Mexico`s ambassador. I think that the correct place of living for us, will be in Genebra, Switzerland.

I still remember when I used to imagine myself as Christine in the Phantom of the Opera play, I still enjoy the role play during classes or when I dance alone in my room. Truly, that trip changed completely my life, now I am more focused in learning languages than reading plays. I feel like I am more mature respecting what I want, and for that, I am very grateful with God.