[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My name is Jafet Calvo, I'm 17 years old. I live in an at-risk neighborhood in San Jose, Costa Rica and this is my story. I liked superheroes because they always did well. Maybe that's why I started to see my father as a superhero. He would take me everywhere, holding my hand, filling me with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My name is Hilary Flores and I'm 19 years old. I started coming to FundaVida six years ago. When I first went, I didn't know anything about life or what I wanted to do with it. When I turned 12, my father started having problems with his family and we had to get away from...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My name is Luis Diego, I am 21 years old and I live in ConcepciĆ³n de Alajuelita with my mother and my younger sister. I was born with only one lung and the doctors didn't have much hope that I would survive. I grew up not being able to play soccer or ride my bike. From...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My name is Tifany CalderĆ³n Duarte, I am 18 years old, I live in the Ciudadela 25 de Julio, with my parents and my brother. The neighborhood where I live is very difficult. I live in the middle of drug trafficking, women getting pregnant at a very young ages and people doing drugs. I grew up...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My name is Stuart, I'm 22 years old and I'm from a high-risk neighborhood on the Ā southside of San Jose. When I was born, my mother lived in extreme poverty and the family situation was very complicated. She was 33 years old, suffered from diabetes and the pregnancy was considered very risky. My arrival complicated...
