A Little About Me

Hey There!

I grew up in Costa Rica, the eldest daughter of two industrial engineers. After graduating with a BS in Biomedical Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina (USA), I’ve been working in the Biotechnology industry for the last three years. Since graduating college, I have achieved all I ever set out to accomplish - I got a job as an engineer in a company that values me, I am financially independent, and living by myself in a foreign country. And yet, as time went by, I have realized that I am not happy, I do not feel fulfilled. My whole life I’ve been wanting to help people and make a positive impact in the world, yet deep inside something told me that this isn’t it. This realization prompted me to start asking myself the question: how can I build a life that feels fulfilling to me in my 20s?

Since the beginning of 2023, big changes have happened that have forced me to stop going with the flow and truly reevaluate my life. First, I got chronically ill. Then, my partner - who I believed to be my future husband - broke up with me. Most recently, my visa expired with no possibility to renew it, meaning that not only did I get kicked out of my job, but also out of the United States, my home for the last 7 years.

The next couple months and years will be interesting, as I embark on a journey to figure out how to create a fulfilling life in my 20s. Join me as I spend time on the road solo-traveling, have fun and hopefully enlightening conversations with strangers (and some not so strangers), and probably fumble the bag a lot. Although my aim is to answer a serious and complex question, I’ll do my best to not take life so seriously. I have no idea what I am doing, and likely neither do you, but perhaps we can learn a thing or two together!