Internship at Human Connections, Bucerias, Mexico

If they have told me a year ago that I would be traveling with people I do not know, working for an amazing organization like Human Connections and going to a leadership week at EntreAmigos I would have said that that was not possible. But it was, I got blessed. I met an awesome and diverse  group of people and ended up learning so many things about myself through these encounters. After spending three weeks in Bucerias, we moved to San Pacho, a smaller town north where we stayed for a week at a community center called Entreamigos. This organization is dedicated to the education of kids and the awareness of the town about trash. Their building is 80% made with recycle material, plus they have a huge warehouse on the back with all kind of workshop areas to build objects out of the trash picked up from different points around the town. This week was, for sure, the most challenging because many factors added up to make this stay as one that would push me out of my comfort zone eve

My last day in Mexico has come and I can truly say that this experience changed my life. Before leaving America, I was dragged by my routine, always extremely stressed, and many times worrying about things that do not really matter. Somehow the semester ended and I was in a plane to Puerto Vallarta, on my way to live, work, and travel with people I did not know. At that time I was just taking a leap of faith, but right now I am aware that this was the best decision I could have taken. These weeks with Human Connections and Entreamigos proved me that in order to lead an organization to attain success it is crucial to work in a personal basis with your team to take the best out of everybody and make the functioning of the organization easier. In other words, I learned that if you get to know people, their dreams, what they are driven by, and also their strengths, as a leader you link these aspects to their daily work and positive results will come. However, this experience also showed

While we were having a homemade lunch at the backyard of Diana and Lucy’ house, two sisters partners of Human Connections, a few words that came from the founder of this organization, Elly Rohrer, stuck to my mind: enough versus abundance. Curiously, all the partners we were meeting seemed to be happy with what they had or at least sparked a sense of peaceful satisfaction, like if they all knew the secret recipe for happiness. While 2,250 miles north, this kind of mindset is becoming less and less easy to find in people. Naturally right away, other thoughts and questions arose in my mind from this, how much is enough, why are we driven to want more, why money has become such a big factor in our life, or what is creating a feeling of unquenchable thirst in us. Even though I was raised by an amazing family that always gave me what I needed, taught me to always take care of my spending and be grateful for what I have, the generation that I am part of and my environment in the US is