Incense smell is in the air as we enter Valentina Becker’s studio at her home. She is working on a book cover design at her computer, but accepts the interview in good spirit. As the school topic is brought up, her eyes get nostalgic and she has to think in order to remember, as if it were something that happened long ago.
Valentina graduated in 2007 when many things were changing at Saint Patrick School. To mention one, she took part of the first group of students that sat for the A2 English level of the IB. 2007 was also the year of a school musical and she says: “I really enjoyed meeting new people and having fun at Saint Patrick’s High School Musical rehearsals”.
Valentina is also a skilled writer who began working with the school blog in which she worked as chief-editor, which inspired her to create her own (http://valebecker90.blogspot.com) that has now over 20,000 hits from around the world.
Now, her life is very different, far away from what happened at school. She’ s studying Graphic Design at UNSTA and most of her time during the week is spent on designs and drawings. However, she enjoys playing softball -she plays for UNSTA’ s Varsity Team- and spending time with her family which consists of her parents Raul (51) and Claudia (46), and her brothers Germán (16) and Tomás (9).
Until we finished the intervew, she was still with that nostalgic look in her eyes,
like remembering something that is long gone, and is not coming back. A life full of
effort and work is awaiting in the future, and Valentina is ready to go for it.
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