How Can My Major Make the World a Better?

I am studying psychology, I have not yet chosen the specialty, but for the moment clinical child-adolescent psychology catches my attention. In this way I will be able to attend and help those who are the fundamental pillars of our society.

My specialization would affect the world in a positive way, since it helps children and adolescents to maintain or regain their well-being, preventing some problems from increasing and affecting them throughout their lives.

In this process, I imagine myself being very active and providing help to those who need it most and lack the financial resources to access psychological care. In particular, I would go to homes for minors, because they have a very crude childhood, which then has a very negative impact on their lives.

My major contributes to the world, since it fosters the development of long-term stable mental health, which is very important in a world full of adversity, in this way, children will have emotional well-being and will be able to transmit it. to the next generations.

A Photo and its Story

This photo means a lot to me, it represents a trip to the beach that lasted 1 week, and I went with my boyfriend, my family, my cousin and my uncles. It was difficult for me to find a photo of everyone together there, because it is true that when we spent it well we forgot to take photos, but I can clearly remember many events that we experienced. In the first place we arrived at a very scary cabin, paranormal things happened to all of us those two days, but when we moved to the other cabin everything was spectacular. In the mornings we went to walk to the beach, in the afternoons we went back to playing soccer, we went to eat in restaurants, and at night we had fun by the sea, listening to music and drinking. 

This photo of a sunset, was taken by my dad with his camera while we were playing soccer, and I am interested because it is a very beautiful landscape that reminds me of all the wonderful moments that I lived, but without a doubt what made me enjoy the most was good company. I would repeat a thousand times this trip <3.

A food I really like.

It is very difficult to choose the food that I like the most, but I could say that it is the sushi of the local Yasai Vegan Sushi, it is one of the best I have tried and I love it, I highly recommend it!

Some are prepared with breaded mushrooms or tofu, avocado, roasted paprika, carrots, various vegetables, rice and vegan cream cheese. There are some rolls that are fried and are delicious, they also include a passion fruit sauce that is exquisite. I really like these sushis, because I love the combination of flavors they achieve, for me it is perfect.

But on the other hand, it is not very healthy, since it contains a lot of fat due to the cheese and the oil for frying, therefore, it is a food that I eat from time to time.

  

                             

My favorite Piece of technology

 My favorite Piece of technology is my cellphone, because it is very useful for all the activities that I do in my daily life. I use it mainly as a means of communication with my social ties, to do university work, to listen to music while I exercise, to watch and interact on social networks and to entertain myself.

But, I have a lot of difficulty concentrating, so the only inconvenience that my cell phone causes me is that it distracts me a lot, but I have been working on it and I try not to take it when I have to do important things.

I recommend the use of cell phones, as long as it is in a positive way, as a tool that encourages productive activities. I say this, as cell phones often become an addiction for some people, distracting them from activities that are much more important.

My Vocation

When I was a child, I really liked animals and wanted to be a veterinarian, but over the years, psychology caught my attention. 

When deciding which career to study, I had 3 options, sociology, psychology and nutrition, but I decided on psychology, since I really like helping and listening to people, also, I took into consideration that in Chile, the mental health of the population it is very precarious, so I would like to help strengthen it and raise awareness of  it is great importance.

So far, my experience at the university has been good and interesting, I like my career more and more, but I wish there was less academic overload. 

When I finish studying Psychology, I would like to work in the clinical area in a psychiatric hospital.

My autobiography - Who i am?

     My name is Catalina Paz, i was born on April 3, 2003 in Santiago, Chile, and my zodiac sign is aries. I attended elementary school in "Christian and Caren School", in Cerro Navia. In 2015, I changed to the high school "Javiera Carrera" in Santiago, I graduated in 2020, and this year I entered to the University of Chile to study psychology. 

     My mother's name is Griceria, my father's name is Jaime, and they are both 44 years old. I have only one sister, her name is Valeria, she is 22 years old and studies computer engineering. 

     Most of my day consists of studies. It is very hard to find time for myself, but when I do get the chance to have some extra time, I have many other activities I enjoy doing. A few of my favorites hobbies are weight training, cooking vegan food, watching movies and series with my boyfriend, and listening to music.