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My name is Maria Fernanda Beltran and I'm 18 years old.  My story started on August 15 th, 2004. I consider myself an introvert person. I'm shy, calm, and  not that talkative. Since i was a child i remeber my self like that very shy and quite. My life has been not that bad. Most of my memories are nice, but maybe is because I forgot the ones that are not good for me. With the moments I still remember I am going to tell you my story.

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I was born on August 15th, 2004, at the Seguro social at 10:34 p.m. and my two grandmas were waiting for me outside. My dad wasn’t there because the same day I was born he was in a plane on his way to United States. My mom had many complications during the pregnancy because she has asthma, so it was a high-risk pregnancy. I almost didn't come to this world because of that. During one of my mom’s asthma attacks the doctors almost pulled me out when my mom was 7 months of pregnancy but thanks God at the end it wasn't necessary.

When I was a baby I didn't liked people, probably it was because I'm shy. I was a calm baby, but I used to get sick very often. As I mentioned before My mom has asthma and I have a similar illness called "rhinosinusitis". They were ocassions in the ones i was very delicate. After 3 days that I was born I was in the hospital again . I stayed there in a incubator for one day and I get better.

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My dad came back to Honduras when I was 4 years old.  I went to the airport with my mom and my grandma to recieve him. It was an important moment in my life because it was literally the first time I saw him face to face and that I lived with him. At first, it was hard because even though I knew he was my dad, because I made video calls with him, at the same time he was a stranger to me, so it was a long process.

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When I started kindergarten in 2010, my dad and my mom looked for a bilingual school for me. We went to different schools but at last we choose one. I started some extra classes on January to learn some basic things in English. On February my first day came. I was very excited to make new friends and to start learning English. That day I made a lot of things, for example I drew, I painted, and I practiced the alphabet in English.

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In the same year 2010, my mom got pregnant. For a long time, I wanted to have a sister and on November 11th, 2010 my little sister was born. I loved her since the first time I saw her. She was so adorable and I wanted to be always with her. We had a lot of fun together, but then I got a little bit jealous because I thought all the attention was for her. My parents talked with me and I understood that now we were two and both of us need attention. Currently, we love each other so much.

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Elementary school was almost always nice for me. We did many different activities and fairs. My favorite moment was in 2016 when I was in sixth grade. They made an international gastronomic fair and I got Germany. It was really interesting learn from their history and culture. In our stand we had a lot of things like food, drinks, pictures and brochures with information from Germany. We also wear their typical costumes and we tried to do a dance.

One of my partners and I went to the embassy of Germany to get better information. They treated us very good and they give us a hole explanation of their country. We looked for the most accurate things to represent that amazing country the besta that we can. We really put effort on that and we won the third place.

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On 2017, I changed from school. At first, I was sad because I wouldn’t see my friends again. It was hard for me to accept it, but nowadays I think it was a great decision. The first day I was really nervous and I went to look for my classroom. I was on section C, but that section was for people that knew not much English. The next day I was changed to section B. I was also nervous, but I felt better when I was changed because in section B I met a lot of people that were friendlier than people on section C.

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On 2019, when I was in ninth grade, the moment of my graduation came. That day I was very excited and nervous. I arrived a little bit late and I couldn’t take many pictures with my friends. Then, when the ceremony started, teachers said some words and they started giving medals to the honor roll people. I was in honor roll and they gave me a medal and a diploma with my percentage. They also gave some flowers to my mom and I took pictures with her. After that we went to a restaurant to get dinner and I felt really happy and proud.

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On 2022 I started university and I was afraid of it. In my first and second period of classes they were virtual so I didn’t go to the university campus. This last period of 2022 two of my classes were face to face. At first, I was afraid of getting lost, but I learned fast the way to my building and then to my classrooms. Nowadays, I am happy finishing my first year on the foreign languages program and I am also excited for the next year.

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My 10-year-ago me was completely different. In this years, yes  I had a big change in all the aspects. Physically, when I was younger, I was shorter, thinnier, I had a longer hair, and I was more adorable than now. Psychologically and emotionally, now I am more mature, I can't say that I have mental health all the time, but I try to. Now I have more control on my emotions. Currently, I think that I am the best version of me. All what I lived have helped me to become who I am now. I am happy with who I have become, because I have improve in some aspects that wasn't that good for me, for example, now I try to look always for a solution for my problems instead of crying because of them. That is also going to help me throughout my life because there are always obstacles, but that won't stop me. I am going to work hard every day to start the path to fulfill my dreams and I am not going to give up easy.