I grew up Cuernavaca, a small city with great weather. Now it seems impossible to get bored of sunny 25℃ days all year round. There I was fortunate enough to be able to pursue all my interest with unwavering support from my parents. I learned to swim from an early age, got my Karate Do brown belt (not black as was too young for it) and started to learn how to ride horses. Later on, I was keenly interested In building things, and soon found myself taking mechatronics classes at the age of 12. I loved designing and building robots and my professor at that time encouraged my to become and engineer. He had studied his postgraduate degree in Germany and was adamant about his recommendation to study there as that is where the best engineers come from. The decision to take his advice is probably the decision that has impacted my life the most. Once it was decided that I would become an engineer in Germany I started planning. First order of business: learn German. I was lucky enough to have s Swiss school 15 minutes away from my childhood home. It was the toughest school in town. Before, I was used to getting 9 and 10 (in a scale from 1-10), during my first semester in the Swiss school I was put on probation for low grades. Not too long after that, I accepted the challenge and soon was on one of the top students in the class.

My time at the Swiss school set the foundation for the years to come, here I developed a fascination for Math and Physics. These subjects came very natural to me, however I didn’t get good grades in Math as I would always find my own way to get the correct answer, which never coincided with my teachers method. Nevertheless, this didn’t prevent me from learning more, I found a math teacher who encouraged my curiosity and soon I was doing university level calculus. On the other hand my Physics teacher always did an excellent job as educators. I liked it so much that I would go to extra classes just to learn about the topics we couldn’t cover during school hours.

This school had also a big impact in my free time as it laid a strong focus on sports. It sparked my competitiveness and motivated me to do even more sports. At some point I was going to horse-back riding classes, training with the football, volleyball and handball teams, CrossFit and even going to the gym before classes. To be honest I don’t know how I had time to do so much and still have time and energy to go out with friends.

I am extremely thankful for my time in Mexico. It was such an amazing time, to learn, develop, make mistakes and have fun. I made friends that have become family and laid the foundation for a very happy and exiting life.