I am Mirian Aguilar, a 2nd year student at TLC. I am 22 years old, from San Jose, La Paz. I like to read, to bake and to spend time alone. I am close to graduating from TLC, and to be in the place where I am now, it has been a long process. Let me share why. When I was 11 years old, I was finishing my sixth grade of school and I was not ready to start seventh grade. Even though I had a lot of support from my family and specifically from my parents, I struggled with self-confidence. I did not believe in my capacity to continue studying. At age 11, the mentality of not being smart enough to study crushed my dreams of becoming a professional.