Hey folks!

My name is Karen, I am from Colombia and I am a second-year materials engineering student. I’ve never done a blog, I hope this works out well. I’ve lived my whole life in Colombia, except for the past three and a half years. When I was 16 years old I moved to Costa Rica and lived there for two years in a boarding school, then I moved here to study engineering.

Costa Rica and Colombia are countries where I feel welcomed and at home, both have a big place in my heart, moving to Canada was a very important change for me. My whole family is Colombian and they all live in Bogota, the capital. The thing that I miss the most is the warm weather of Costa Rica and the food of Colombia, but I really enjoy sunny days here at Vancouver and the beautiful sunsets.

I am taking this course because there has been a long time since I studied a bit of Colombian and South American history, and I really want to remember and learn about my own culture. It is nice to have something different from chemistry and physics, especially when it is so related to my background.

Karen