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TOURISM TODAY
Academic Trek
Abraham Arévalo shares his experiences
By Abraham Arévalo
When I finished my high school I was prepared to present admission exam for university , well in this opportunity not pass. I prepared to study dentistry but I could not study it, my parents did not have money to sustain my career. At the same time, I played baseball, a sport that I still love today, because thanks to this trip in and out of my country. I went to the Sena and passed in health administration. three months to finish the race in the Sena my life changed.(…..) my father he died.
I started working in the hotel where my father worked for 26 years, in that same hotel where my parents met many years ago, they worked together and also my aunt and uncle who worked there in hilton cartagena. Well I started to work as a waiter and I really did not know anything, I only knew what my parents once spoke, I remember my family said that we never studied tourism but the destination is another today.
Well, I went from being a young person of daily life to having greater responsibilities and supporting my family, because my mother can no longer work in this industry because of her health.
Well, today have passed four years, in these years I have gained experience, I have met infinite people, I have grown as a young man and an adult. Today I am more expressive; I help with nothing in return, happy, in love with what my work is, during all this time I studied English because they demanded it.
I also studied tourism, I still study it and I am about to finish this stage, a part that has not been easy because studying and working is not easy, during all this time I cried, suffered and also many joys, today Abraham advises all those who need help to move forward is not easy but you can achieve it.
My full name is Abraham Emiliano Arevalo Romero, I am 22 years old, I born here in cartagena, well when y was kid I went to primary school (Bertha Gedeon de Baladi) and my high school was ( Ciudad Escolar Comfenalco), in this school learned a lot. Currently I live with my mother , my sister, my brother, nephew,brother in law and pet.