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do it .” The team at Paratrek and their ingenious Trekker was her climbing aid and the euphoric feeling of getting to the top remains with her even today .
Exuding confidence as Marcela does is often not an easy feat . “ Everyone has insecurities and so do I , but I do not allow it to show ,” she shared . “ People see confidence in your eyes ,” she continued , “ so I make sure that I maintain that confident feeling as much as I can .” She does admit that sometimes it is hard , and not being able to wear an item of clothing or a pair of shoes the way she would like to is bothersome , but that feeling is often just a fleeting one , quickly replaced by positive thoughts .
“ I do not like to have people pitying me because of my disability .” Marcela continued , “ I do not like to be treated as a person with a disability .