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Personal Essay: My Experience As A Colombian Citizen

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1. High level of proficiency (oral and written) in English and Spanish.
Being a Colombian-born citizen, my native language is Spanish. Furthermore, all throughout my Highschool and University career, I dedicated a large amount of time to writing essays, articles, and other texts in Spanish, developing outstanding writing skills that I have been able to use in my professional life.
After I graduated Highschool in 2010, I studied abroad in Canada for nine months in order to improve my writing and speaking English language skills. By the time I left, I had acquired an upper B2 level of English, that I have been able to maintain through the years by joining the English-language debate club in my University and participating in Harvard University’s Model United Nations debate competitions at the world and …show more content…

Strong interpersonal skills, including liaison and representational skills, and the ability to maintain and leverage a network of diplomatic, media and event management contacts. Ability to work in a small team.
The various opportunities I have had to be exposed to international environments have made my interpersonal skills much stronger. Studying abroad, competing in international Harvard Model UN, and being the first Colombian Fellow to the Hansen Summer Institute on Leadership and International Cooperation, I stepped out of my comfort zone, making me more outgoing, respectful and appreciative of diversity, and improved my communication skills.
As an intern-advisor in Congress, I developed abilities to work in small teams as mine only consisted of two people. Furthermore, I developed and maintained a network of key stakeholders in international cooperation regarding gender issues, finalizing a variety of cooperation agreements between them and the Legal Commission on Women’s Equity, and I represented Congresswoman Moreno in a variety of events hosted by various gender-related organizations and government entities, advancing her interests as President of the

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