Valentina
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
So my name is Valentina. I'm from Chile. I grew up in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Chile is like a very southern country in South America. I've always lived in Santiago. My family grew up here. I went to middle school, high school and the university here in Santiago. Chile is a very thin and long country. So we have in the north a very different climate, like a very desert climate.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
But here in Santiago or in the south, it's very cold. Santiago is like the center. And sometimes we forget about the north that is so different, the south that is so different. Chile is a country that is considered to be developing so well in terms of economic, cultural and politics. We have a very democratic politics here. Chile is also very known because of the culture, the folklore.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
In school, we had a class that is called Lenguaje. where they teach us about folklore. I think it's a Latin American thing that you always have someone that had a story. So my grandmother, my mom, my friend's mother or something like that. I've always grew up listening to some stories and I always found them so very fascinating.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
I try to first be like, okay, there must be a rational explanation or some kind of thing that can explain that. But I'm very respectful of those stories. I am a psychologist. I have specialized in the care and protection of children in Chile. Since graduating from university, I have worked with high social risk children in schools, in organizations. So I've been in that field for a long time.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
Due to the pandemic, we have one of the strictest regulations during the pandemic here in Chile. The pandemic hit very hard here in Chile. So my then-fiancé and I decided to leave our jobs and embark on an adventure in the south of Chile, seeking for a change, seeking for...
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
a slower life, a place in where we are surrounded by nature, because Santiago is very crowded, a very hectic life, like very, very fast. And with my fiance, we decided we wanted a life that is more peaceful in a colder climate and surrounded by nature. We moved to Puerto Varas in La Región de los Lagos. There I found a job, the job of the story.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
I found a job and I started working with a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to provide psychological care, social guidance and support to children and families. We assist children who have been exposed to domestic violence, have parents struggling with substance abuse or alcohol abuse, have poor care, mistreatment, sexual abuse. And it's sad to say it, but I am...
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
used to hear very terrible situation and so many terrible bad things that happened to children. But I'm always been so grateful to be there for them or I am grateful for the families that trust in me and I very committed to do my best and give them some kind of peace that I'm there for them. I have always been very aware that my country has a significant social and cultural segregation.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
Like I was saying, there are very wealthy areas and very rich people. And on the other side of the city is a much longer and larger population that is very poor, has a lot of crime and fewer opportunities.
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Valentina [Patreon Preview]
Moving to Puerto Varas, it's like, if I had that thinking in Santiago, the south of Chile is a very worse place to be because it's very outside of the city, the climate, the culture is very different. So I've seen in this work a side of poverty that I hadn't seen in Santiago. It's much worse.