Terraza Youth Center

I love creating. I love writing and performing. The risk that comes with expressing yourself creativity is thrilling. When I'm writing and performing I fall into a new world. I get to experience new stories and new perspectives. I get to write them and I get to become apart of them. The feeling of putting my pen to paper or the heat from the lights makes my eyes sparkle and my heart leap with joy.

I can communicate and listen. Through writing and acting I've learned what it means to communicate and how to communicate with other people. I've also learned how to show and use empathy. I am good at listening because of these skills.

I want to give teenagers a place where they can be passionate. I want this project to be a safe place where teenagers can be themselves. An escape from the box we are put in. I want us the create a community that encourages, supports and celebrates dreams. Selfishly I need it for myself, but I know that we as teenagers all need it.

I love to move, to exercise and to feel active. I love to go outside and enjoy nature and fresh air. An activity that I enjoy doing is going to the gym and swimming, the feeling I get when I am done empowers me and gives me the energy to keep going in life. I also enjoy to express myself through creative ways like dancing and acting. When I am moving, I feel like I am invincible and I feel like I have the strength required to be my best self.

I like to socialize and meet new people, I have become a good communicator. I feel like I am good at persuading and defending my unique ideas. Trought the years, I feel like I have become a risk-taker because life has put me through hard experiences that made me grow as a person, this is why I have become independent and strong. I am not afraid of ging beyond my limits and I like to explore new things that challenge me in different ways.

I want to give teenagers a home. Since I am a teenager I am aware that Tamarindo does not provide opportunities to the youth. The Tamarindo community is also really dangerous and there is a lot of alcoholism and drug addiction, and from this project, I want to ensure that teenagers don't get involved with those types of problems that will not only affect their health but their future. I would like to learn how to work with others better because I am not as open-minded as I would like to be. I want to be an inspiration to those upcoming teenagers and I want to influence them in becoming their better selves. I am excited to work with such different people than me because I will be able to learn about my strengths and weaknesses from a different perspective.