Yeina is our 2018 Student Ambassador from Yumbo, Colombia. She completed work to earn a badge in Intercultural Fluency, and gave an impassioned closing speech at ABTS’ final session, which you can view below:

My Favorite BTE memory is…

Mi recuerdo favorito de BTE fue cuendo me di cuenta de que yo tendria la oportinidad de representar a mi pais, emprender amistades,conoces nuevo culturas y perspectivas y conocer como fusiona el programa BTE en diferentes partes del mundo para compartir la experiencia a mis companeros

My favorite memory of BTE was when I realized that I would have the opportunity to represent my country, to make friends, to know new cultures and perspectives and to know how the BTE program works in different parts of the world and share that experience with others.

To me, BTE has meant…

Para mi BTE es una puerta hacia exelentes oportunidades de tener buenas experiencias y de reconocer el futuro que deseamos y como trabajar para conseguirlo fortulenciendo algunas capasidades y promoviendo los valores para así cada dia trabajar de la mejor manera en equipo.

For me, BTE is a door to excellent opportunities, good experiences, and a hopeful future in which we create and promote values that allow us to work together in the best way possible.

The most important thing I will take away from BTE is…

Lo mas importante que he apriendido en BTE es a conoserme más, para así reconoser lo que quiero y luchar por ello, superandome cada dia más y explorar nuevos horizontes con curiosidad, autoconsimiento, perspectiva y sin miedo a lo que pueda pasar.

The most important things that I have learned in BTE are to recognize what you want and fight for it, to make yourself better every day, and to explore new horizons with curiosity, autonomy and perspectives without fear of what may happen.

Thanks to my time in BTE and at ABTS, in the future I will…

Gracias a mi tiemp en BTE y ABTS lograres ser una persona curiosa, llena de valores, segura y cupaz lograr lo que sea respetando las diferentes perspectivas y culturas sim perder mi autoconsienda para aplicar mis conocimientos en la carrera de Neurociencias para mejorar la sociedad.

Thanks to my time in BTE and at ABTS, I learned to be more curious, learned about values, and was able to achieve the respect for different perspectives and cultures without losing my own self-awareness. I hope to apply my knowledge of a career in Neuroscience to make society better.

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We are proud to award Yeina a digital badge in Intercultural Fluency at ABTS 2018. She showed improvement in skills allowing one to work with people from other cultures. These are:

1. Show Curiosity
2. Recognize and challenge one’s own cultural biases
3. Appreciate Diverse Perspectives
4. Demonstrate Self Awareness