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NameSebastian
Gendermale
Country of OriginArgentina
Destination CountryGuatemala

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s-1 Sebastian was 15 when he arrived with his family in Guatemala.
s-2 They migrated after the Argentinian economic crisis, looking for a better future.
s-3 Now, at 31 years old, he works as a project assistant with the vision of helping children that are migrating.
s-4 Just like he once did.
s-5 In 1999, with the worst economic crisis in Argentina, my mother and father decided to migrate to Guatemala after my father found a job opportunity.
s-6 Guatemala welcomed us well, its a lovely country.
s-7 But there was a bad period when we had to live in hotels for long stretches and there were critical days where we almost had to sleep in the street.
s-8 We didnt have to do that thanks to the help of an Argentinian-Guatemalan womens association, reflects Sebastian.
s-9 Every beginning is hard and ours was no exception, he continues.
s-10 The challenges that his family faced were beaten with creativity, and by looking back at their Argentinian roots: We had to find means to survive so we took the decision to do it through our culture.
s-11 Thats how, by selling empanadas, we started developing a business in Antigua Guatemala, where we lived.
s-12 Guatemala welcomed him, helped his familys business thrive: I was able to study, something that would have been very difficult to do in my home country, said Sebastian.
s-13 Now he has his own family in Guatemala, with a daughter.
s-14 His experiences as a teenager provided him with a different vision of the world that has come in handy in his work, as he knows first-hand the challenges that children face when they migrate: Thats why I am very happy to be working for children migrating around Central America.

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